“Some choices must be made swiftly, lest the enormity of them overwhelm the chooser.”
—Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey
January 2010
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“If there is anything worse than terror, it is terror and tedium commingled.”
—Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey
“‘You see?’ he asked in a pidgin argot; a tongue that owed something to Persian, Caerdicci and Hellene alike; zenyan, it was called, but I learned that later.”
—Kushiel’s Avatar by Jacqueline Carey
“My envy’s not dangerous; it wouldn’t hurt a mouse. I don’t want to destroy people—I only want to BE them. You see it would destroy only myself.”
—Portrait of a Lady by Henry James
“The ego is like an involuntary muscle. You wish you weren’t so self-absorbed, but you just can’t help it. And your self-absorption doesn’t necessarily manifest itself in most obvious ways. For example, you may think you’re humble because you put yourself down all the time, but you’re still caught up in ego because you have to be self-centered in the extreme to feel that bad about yourself!”
—Effortless Mastery by Kenny Werner
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Philippa drew a deep breath. ‘Mr. Blythe says you can read people’s thoughts,’ she said. ‘So why ask me?’
‘So that you may ask yourself. What a silly question,’ said the Dame de Doubtance.
” —Pawn in Frankincense by Dorothy Dunnett, p. 27