#rio

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#respect #survival #respect

With all due respect.” Victoria panted against the growing sexual hunger battling her temper for dominance. “Eat shit and die, sir. ↗

— Morgan Hawke

#morgan-hawke #victorious-star #respect

Yet the Narrator’s quest is not only for his own identity and vocation. He seeks an understanding of art, sexuality and worldly and political affairs: he is a snoop and a voyeur; he comments and classifies; his taxonomic impulse makes the novel appear to be a vast compendium, replete with burrowing wasps and bedsteads, military strategies, stereoscopes, asparagus and aeroplanes. ↗

— Adam A. Watt

#gnothi-seauton #know-thyself #knowledge #proust #art

It's so curious: one can resist tears and 'behave' very well in the hardest hours of grief. But then someone makes you a friendly sign behind a window, or one notices that a flower that was in bud only yesterday has suddenly blossomed, or a letter slips from a drawer... and everything collapses. ↗

— Colette

#curiosity #flowers #friendly #friends #grief

Its Vermeer" Kat turned to the boy who lingered in the doorway. "It's stolen" "What can I say?" Hale eased behind her and studied the painting over her shoulder. "I met a very nice man who bet me he had the best security system in Istanbul." His breath was warm on the back of her neck. "He was mistaken. ↗

— Ally Carter

#hilarious #thief #society

I don't recommend shadow travel if you're scared of: a) The dark b) Cold shivers up your spine c) Strange noises d) Going so fast you feel like your face is peeling off In other words, I thought it was awesome. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#the-last-olympian #travel

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#epigram #tabloid-journalism #wisdom #wisdom

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. ↗

— William Samuel Johnson

#first #generous #great #last #minds

I give you a week, maybe two, before you're driven to bite someone." "I don't know how to... to bite or drink! But you could teach me." "And what could you possibly do in return?" Lothaire waved a negligent hand. "Play football for me? Break in my jeans really well? ↗

— Kresley Cole

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

Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#need #quiet #remember #than #them