#ley

You’ll never be just anything. A tsunami can never be ‘just’ a wave.” “Get off my chin.” “I like that about you. Waves are banal. Tsunamis reshape the Earth. Under the right circumstances, even entire civilizations.” I blink. “You’re going to be one hell of a woman one day, Dani. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#ryodan #civilization

I thought you were all-seeing.” All-knowing, not all-seeing!” he snapped. “I’m a God, not Santa Claus! ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#jaime-vegas #kelley-armstrong #magic

Dude, the bush is ready. Why you still beating around it?” “I’ve lived a long time, kid, and I’ve never heard anyone mutilate the English language quite like you. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#dani-o-malley #ryodan #english

I was born to be your rival,' she [Anne] said simply. 'And you mine. We're sisters, aren't we? ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#henry-viii #historical-fiction #mary-boleyn #historical

Katherine of Aragon was speaking out for the women of the country, for the good wives who should not be put aside just because their husbands had taken a fancy to another, for the women who walked the hard road between kitchen, bedroom, church and childbirth. For the women who deserved more than their husband's whim. ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#fiction #henry-viii #historical-fiction #katherine #historical

I'll fix it up with Mum and Dad, then I'll call you. I know how to use a fellytone now-" "A telephone, Ron," said Hermione. "Honestly, you should take Muggle Studies next year... ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#idiom #muggles #ron-weasley #telephone #prison

We've got it [Percy's Head Boy badge]," Fred whispered to Harry. "We're improving it." The badge now read Bighead Boy. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#george #percy #weasley #prison

One person couldn't feel all that, they'd explode!" said Ron. "Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have," said Hermione. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#hermione-granger #ron-weasley #stoic #emotion

Declan and Regin: "You'll tell me a story and I'll spare you? You think I don't see what you're doing? I've read Arabian Nights." "Call me Scheherazade, baby! Actually, she's one tricksy bitch. Who, by the way, still owes me twenty gold pieces and a pound of sesame. ↗

— Kresley Cole

#declan-chase #dreams-of-a-dark-warrior #immortals-after-dark #kresley-cole #lore

I shall be dark and French and fashionable and difficult. And you shall be sweet and open and English and fair. What a pair we shall be! What man can resist us? ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#english