#ed

Carol, I thought you didn't liked playing with the minds of normal people.” “Yes, but the press don't count as normal.” “She’s got you there,” HARV added. ↗

— John Zakour

#sci-fi #sci-fi-humour-comedy #sci-fi

When you want to take over a city, you have to destroy the illusion of safety it provides. You have to hit the large well-protected establishments, find the powerful people who run them and are viewed as invincible, and kill them. You want to destroy the morale first. Once the people's resolve is gone and everyone is scared for their own skin, the city is yours. ↗

— Ilona Andrews

#ilona-andrews #magic-bleeds #safety

Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#sin

We are equal beings and the universe is our relations with each other. ↗

— Thaddeus Golas

#inspiration #inspirational #inspired #inspiring #philosophy

Fate does not seek our consent. ↗

— Terry Goodkind

#zedd #fate

It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#fate

So eager for eternal damnation. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#eternity

Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! ↗

— Allen Ginsberg

#eternity

Kindness and a caring mind are two separate qualities. Kindness is manners. It is superficial custom, an acquired practice. Not so the mind. The mind is deeper, stronger, and, I believe, it is far more inconstant. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#hard-boiled #wonderland #world #manners

Velvet looks horrified. “If you are fool enough to address King R’jan, you will do it thus and in no other manner! ‘My King, Liege, Lord, and Master, your servant begs you grant it leave to speak.’” “Wow. Totally delusionary there.” “Good luck with that,” Ryodan says. “She doesn't beg to speak, or do anything else. You can lock her up, down, and sideways and it’s never going to happen.” I beam at him. I had no idea he thought so highly of me. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#fae #fever-series #iced #mega #ryodan