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1 " It did not matter whether he thought she was in mortal danger or simply falling, certain to survive. She fell and he followed.. "
― Kelley Armstrong , Betrayals (Cainsville, #4)
2 " Take this. It’s one of my gothics. The seventies were, sadly, not the time to include sex scenes of any satisfying nature. When the lights go out, you can imagine the hero and heroine are lying in bed, fully clothed, making shadow puppets on the wall. "
3 " You don't pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you’ll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you’ll be consent. One can’t sustain happiness forever. "
4 " I shook my head. “Calling my boyfriend.” “You need a guy to come rescue you?” I waggled my gun. “I have that part covered, but given the situation, I’m going to let someone know where I am. I’m a feminist; I’m not an idiot. "
5 " So why was his stomach tightening and twisting with every step up those stairs? Because hope was a dangerous thing. It said the failure would be his own fault alone. "
6 " a blazing fire in an ice storm. "
7 " Shadowy mystery stalkers? Hidden escape hatches? Creepy subterranean tunnels? My mother tried to get me to take social work for my master’s. I told her it was boring. I was so wrong. "
8 " wasting what little breath he did have laughing at himself. Because sometimes, that’s all you could do. You make a fucking stupid mistake, and you could only call yourself an idiot and then snap back before you screwed up again. "
9 " You don’t pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you’ll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you’ll be content. One can’t sustain happiness forever. "
10 " all that mattered was that she was with you and she was happy and you were off on some grand adventure together. "
11 " But that's what dreams are for—to weave reality and fantasy and memory and stitch together something you can't hope for in waking life. To fulfill that little part of you that wants something so bad. "
12 " This is the dilemma, the contradiction we cannot resolve. We do not want to be them. Yet we are fascinated by them, because every detail tugs at a buried memory. "
13 " Too much of anything reduces the overall effect of happiness and satisfaction. "
14 " As for happy…The pursuit of happiness may be written into our Declaration of Independence, but that only means our founding fathers were hopelessly sentimental. You don’t pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you’ll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you’ll be content. One can’t sustain happiness forever. "
15 " What's their purpose?" I asked as a I stood."Children? No idea. It appears to be simply an inconvenient stage between birth and usefulness. "
16 " So beware dark places, dark impulses, and betrayals. That last one can’t really be avoided, though. Unless I’m the one doing the betraying. "
17 " That’s personal?” “Sometimes, with you, I think ‘Would you like fries with that?’ is too personal. "
