#lain

I might be the villain of this story. ↗

— Rebecca Makkai

#villains #first-sentence

My heart breaks. I hear it break. I feel it. ↗

— Moira Young

#laine-s-fave #heartache

There is such a thing as the poetry of a mistake, and when you say, "Mistakes were made," you deprive an action of its poetry, and you sound like a weasel. ↗

— Charles Baxter

#deniability #mistakes #passive-voice #politics #villainy

Some people complain there are too many people on earth, Some people complain about secret societies, Some people accuse others of not being able to wake up early. Almost all people complain about something. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#complaining #dejan-stojanovic #earth #literature #literature-quotes

The security light made me feel safe, though I knew that was an illusion. If there's light, you can just see what's coming for you a little more clearly. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#sookie-stackhouse #sookie-stackhouse

A piece of happiness should never be taken as due. ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#happiness #sookie-stackhouse

Once again, I had that feeling of drowning when I hadn’t even known I was in the pool ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#dead-and-gone #sookie-stackhouse #sookie-stackhouse

I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#compete #explain #how #i #i think

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#conversation #different #difficulty #explained #had

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late - and strike oil.' ↗

— Joey Adams

#explained #get #late #oil #once