Anonymous
I intend to dream, and dream deeply. To live, and live well, for as long as I can on this speck of dirt in the infinite cosmos, and then, boldly go where stars fear to tread.
Midnight Blue
- The Mirror of Maybe
Unfortunately, visiting Albus Dumbledore was a bit like attending the Mad Hatter's tea party - the only thing you were ever sure of was that tea would be involved in it somewhere.
Maciej
- The Fans Are All Right
For any bookmarking site, the fan subculture is valuable because it makes such heavy and creative use of tagging, and because they are great collaborators. I can't think of a better way to stress-test a site than to get people filling it with Inception fanfic. You will get thoughtful, carefully formatted bug reports; and if you actually fix something, someone might knit you a sweater.
Anonymous
You can be kind to cruel people. Even if they see it as a weakness. Embrace your weakness. Drown them in it. Shame them with your kindness. Shame them with your refusal to be cruel. Believe in the power of friendship, kindness, and love. Until there is true power in your friendships and kindness and love.
Naoko Takeuchi
The people of the world, all of them, whether it is the different race or the different language or the different lifestyle, tend to only think about what we cannot share. But our brains are all the same. We are the same people. With everyone's strength, we can all share the same feelings. That much is obvious. But it won't come easily.
Philip Pullman
The best way to get kids to read a book is to say: This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has all sorts of horrible things in it like sex and death and some really big and complicated ideas, and you're better off not touching it until you're all grown up. I'm going to put it on this shelf and leave the room for a while. Don't open it.
Lynn Flewelling
So, I have women with the same training, arms, armor, and skill set as men, but they are still women and face unique challenges. I must admit, I skim lightly over the issue of menstruation, though that's certainly a factor for women of fighting age. I leave to the reader's imagination the issues of cramps and pads. It's really not the stuff of high fantasy. On the other hand, PMS might come in quite handy in battle. Mine would have.
Empress Elisabeth of Austria
The thought of death purifies. He's like a gardener who pulls up the weeds in his garden. This gardener, though, always wishes to be alone and immediately gets angry when he spots someone looking into his garden. This is the main reason why I hide my face behind a fan and an umbrella: to let the gardener work undisturbed.
Hesiod
- Theogony
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.
