February 2012
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“I think we wake up everyday with high intentions and by dusk we have routinely...”
– Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand
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“Don’t judge someone until you’ve stood at his forge and worked with his hammer.”
– Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth (via lotsofbookquotes)
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“They are Americans. They toot their horns for anything.”
– Count Volger in Scott Westerfeld’s Goliath (via operarox)
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When Harry Met Sally
Harry: I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend a day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes, and I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.
Sally: You see? That is just like you Harry. You say things like that and you make it impossible for me to hate you.
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Percy Jackson vs. Leviathan
The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson Series):
“She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doing the same thing. The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.”
Goliath (Leviathan Trilogy):
“He shook with another sob, sinking to one knee and realizing that the survival of that...
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“Secrets have power,” Widget begins. “And that power diminishes when they are...”
– Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus(via lotsofbookquotes)
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Stranger Than Fiction - Dr. Hilbert's test
Dr. Hilbert: Question one. Has anyone recently left any gifts outside your home? Anything. Gum, money, a large wooden horse.
Harold: I'm sorry?
Dr. Hilbert: Just answer the question.
Harold: No.
Dr. Hilbert: Do you find yourself inclined to solve murder mysteries in large luxurious homes to which you--let me finish--to which you may or may not have been invited?
Harold: No. No, no, no.
Dr. Hilbert: All right. On a scale of one to ten, what would you consider the likelihood you might be assassinated?
Harold: Assassinated?
Dr. Hilbert: One being very unlikely ten being expecting it around every corner.
Harold: I have no idea.
Dr. Hilbert: Okay, let me rephrase. Are you the king of anything?
Harold: Like what?
Dr. Hilbert: Anything. King of the lanes at the local bowling alley.
Harold: King of the lanes?
Dr. Hilbert: King of the lanes, king of the trolls--
Harold: King of the Trolls?
Dr. Hilbert: Yes, a clandestine land found underneath your floor boards.
Harold: No. No, that's ridiculous.
Dr. Hilbert: Agreed. Let's start with ridiculous and move backwards. Now, was any part of you at one time part of something else?
Harold: Like do I have someone else's arms?
Dr. Hilbert: Well is it possible at one time that you were made of stone, wood, lye, varied corpse parts? Or, earth made holy by rabbinical elders?
Harold: No. Look, look. I'm sorry, but what do these questions have to do with anything?
Dr. Hilbert: Nothing. The only way to find out what story you're in is to determine what stories you're not in. Odd as it may seem, I've just ruled out half of Greek literature, seven fairy tales, ten Chinese fables, and determined conclusively that you are not King Hamlet, Scout Finch, Miss Marple, Frankenstein's Monster, or a golem. Hmm? Aren't you relieved to know you're not a golem?
Harold: Yes. I am relieved to know that I am not a golem.
Dr. Hilbert: Good. Do you have magical powers?
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Jason Grace
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I totally agree, but there was one tiny thing that kind of bothered me. When Jason gets to Camp-Half Blood, he’s all like “ENEMIES! This place feels so wroooong! Who cares that these people just took me in!” but when Percy gets to Camp Jupiter, he’s thinking “This seems…off. But even though I’ve only known them for a...