#bit

What's possible?” - she asked “Anything,” he said absently. “But that’s not what I was talking about. Oh, hello, Claire. You’re in good time. I need an extra pair of hands.” “As long as I keep them attached,” she said, which earned her a startled stare. “The things you say to me, you’d think I was some sort of monster.” -- Myrnin and Claire ↗

— Rachel Caine

#claire-danvers #myrnin #monsters

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed down-stairs one step at a time. ↗

— Mark Twain

#recovery #recovery

Anxiety is the handmaiden of contemporary ambition. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#anxiety #contemporary

She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. “Sometimes I really want to”—a frustrated sound—“bite you!” He froze. “I might let you.” “I won’t do it if you’d enjoy it. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#hawke #sassy #sienna #snow

It is the most ambitious and driven among us who are the most sorely in need of having our reckless hopes dampened through immersive dousings in the darkness which religions have explored. This is a particular priority for secular Americans, perhaps the most anxious and disappointed people on earth, for their nation infuses them with the most extreme hopes about what they may be able to achieve in their working lives and relationships. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#americans #anxiety #atheism #disappointment #drive

Adrian rolled his eyes. "I'm kind of surprised to find you lecturing about underage girls. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#burn #frostbite #adrian-ivashkov

There was no Jace Wayland more real than the one he saw in her eyes when she looked at him. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #jace-wayland

The Queen gave him a look: special and secretive and shared between the two of them.You warned her about us, the look seemed to say.That we would hurt her, break her as you might break a twig between your fingers. But you, who thought you could not be touched — you are the one who has been broken. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-wayland #seelie-queen #jace-wayland

[Jem] 'It will help you sleep.' 'All I’ve been doing is sleeping!' [Tessa] 'And very amusing it is to watch, said Jem. 'Did you know you twitch your nose when you sleep, like a rabbit?' 'I do not,' she said, with a whispered laugh. 'You do,' he said. 'Fortunately, I like rabbits. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#rabbits #tessa-gray #tessa-gray

So...Mason, Eddie, and Mia went to Spokane to hunt Strigoi?" "Yes." "Holy shit. Why didn't you go with them? Seems like something you'd do." I resisted the urge to smack him. "Because I'm not insane! But I'm going to go get them before they do something even stupider. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#frostbite #mead #novel #richelle #vampires