Four Rubbings Quotes & Sayings

Sex divorced from love is the thief of personal dignity. — Caitlin Thomas

Storytellers continue their narratives late into the night to forestall death and to delay the inevitable moment when everyone must fall silent. Scheherazade's story is a desperate inversion of murder; it is the effort, throughout all those nights, to exclude death from the circle of existence. — Michel Foucault

A few painful shifts and I was comfortable, in a not-going-to-die-right-now-but-maybe-later sort of way. — Kiersten White

I'm more optimistic about cycling right now than I've ever been. — Greg LeMond

I actually really don't want to know," I admitted. "Up until a few seconds ago I had a lot of illusions about you being this incredible, sane guy and I'd like to keep them, but I'm not going to be satisfied until I do."
"Fine then, I won't tell you."
I planted my face in my palm and sighed. "It doesn't matter how crazy this is, I'm going to be thinking about it all night."
He gave me a purely demonic grin. "Then I definitely won't tell you. "
My eyes narrowed. "That's nothing to be proud of."
"And why wouldn't I be proud of keeping a pretty girl up all night?" He chuckled and chewed on a French fry.
My face and the back of my neck burned. He had to be joking. No one could say something so horrifying and then eat a French fry. Supernatural beings didn't like fast food, I was sure of it. This was all an elaborate hoax and I just hasn't picked up on it yet. It had to be, and even if it wasn't I would pretend it was. Pretend until it became true. — Katherine Pine

You smell like a litter box. — Jennifer Hotes

Since I've quit drinking, I'm not sure I've found the good life, but I've certainly uncovered a better one. — Koren Zailckas

I spend more time with the living, than the dead now. — Jennifer Hotes

I really don't think you should put your hand inside the manticore, dear. You don't know where it's been. - Enid Healy — Seanan McGuire

Important families are like potatoes. The best parts are underground. — Francis Bacon

Not only had Yates continued to grow as a writer in terms of craft, but also philosophically, salvaging from the ruins of his life a greater degree of compassion for suffering humankind. — Blake Bailey

Can't fear the fire if you don't scald your fingertips. — Scott Lynch

Ardet nec consomitur," Melina said. "Burned but not destroyed. — Ransom Riggs