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1 " john was smart, but he was also a young male with a usually empty belly. sometimes it was simple as that "
― David Baldacci , The Finisher (Vega Jane, #1)
2 " Woe be to the wug who forgets that destroying one part of a thing does not equal victory "
3 " But if you don’t know where you want to go, I suppose any path will get you there. "
4 " astonishingly slimy and dangerous "
5 " Persons seeking to find scholarship herein will be sued; persons motivated to discover meaning will be exiled; persons seeking to find an allegory will be summarily ordained. "
6 " At the end of a lifetime’s worth of lights and nights, it seemed that family was really the only important thing there was. And yet how many of us truly appreciated that significance before our last breath left us? "
7 " At the end of a lifetime’s worth of lights and nights, it seemed that family was really the only important thing there was. And yet how many of us truly appreciated that significance before our last breath left us? We lost family all the time, and we mourned them and buried them and remembered them. Wouldn’t it be better to celebrate family while they are alive to a greater degree than when they are no longer with us? "
8 " We lost family all the time, and we mourned them and buried them and remembered them. Wouldn’t it be better to celebrate family while they are alive to a greater degree than when they are no longer with us? "
9 " Males. You have to lead them to the water and then show them how to slurp it. "
10 " Even though we weren't old, we were old with all we carried inside. "
11 " You are a danger to her and all of Wormwood, Vega, do you not understand that? "
12 " will paint in pleasing colors.” “How do you know which colors to use?” I asked. “There are instructions for each item on your workstation. "
13 " It was blood. Blood that looked as if it had just been spilled. As I watched, it started pouring down the cavern’s walls. "
14 " Listening to a sermonizer who above all loves to hear himself sermonize is about as much fun as having your toes sheared off "
15 " I was always unfailingly polite to Ladon-Tosh. I didn’t care if he never looked at me or spoke to me. I just wanted him to know that he had a friend in me. "
16 " But for what reason? Council, "
17 " looked over at John. He had pulled a dozen books off the shelf and looked to be trying to read them all at once. "
18 " vacant at first light. Yet she carried "
19 " you ask too many questions," snapped Cletus.I kept my gaze on Roman. "that's because I get too few answers. "
20 " It had been so long since we were a family that I had almost forgotten the joy that came with having one. All the small and large moments, many that I had taken for granted while they were occuring, no doubt bolstered by the certainty that there would be many more.Yet such endearing and memorable engagements in life are promised to no one. They come and go and one has to be aware that there is no assurance they will ever come again. It made me tremble to think what I had lost. "
