Madeleine Roux Quotes

#1. Paths. Curiosities lurked around every corner. A man belched flames from a podium. The scent of fried cakes and popcorn hung sweet and heavy on the air, tantalizing until it became sickening. And

Madeleine Roux

#2. And if they do, I hope heaven is a road trip. I hope it's
you and me and Renny and Ted with nothing but time on our hands. I hope it's, I don't know, crossing an immeasurable distance with your closest friends.

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#3. Wow, did Tim Burton binge on Laffy Taffy and vomit all over this place or what?" Jordan whispered.

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#4. Heads half-glued together, Abby and Lara had engaged in rapid-fire chitchat as they all hurried across campus.

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#5. I wish this were just a nightmare that we could wake up from.

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#6. What does that mean know me, know me, nobody ever knows anybody else, ever! You will never know me.

Bret Easton Ellis

#7. How many times did he have to learn that things could always get worse? His

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#8. You are ruin and chaos to them, but you are lovely to my eye.'
'You're brave or daft, then,' she said, quite rightly. 'Chaos and ruin. Where does that leave me, then?

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#9. It was a fight against the madness, he felt like he was losing. Maybe he already had...

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#10. I think behind closed doors people behave differently no matter what period we're looking at, because people have to stand up straight in public but can slouch behind closed doors - can you imagine wearing those corsets?

Brenda Blethyn

#11. Sanctum, a holy or sacred place. What could be more sacred than possessing the power of your own true thoughts? Sanctum. It is both lock and key.

Madeleine Roux

#12. This time is given to me by God that I may live in it. It is not given to make something out of it, but given me to be stored away in eternity as my own.

Thomas Merton

#13. Q: How do you kill a hydra?
A: You strike at its heart.

Madeleine Roux

#14. It was a house for those who could not take care of themselves, for those who heard voices, who had strange thoughts and did strange things. The house was meant to keep them in. Once they came, they never left.

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#15. Even in his sleep he couldn't escape.

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#16. They are walking the line between genius and insanity.

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#17. Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? What can you do to make consumers happy enough with legitimate use of the system that they'll be willing to pay for it?

Edward Felten

#18. The cursor changed to the spinning wheel of sadness.

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#19. Sometimes, Dan, friends have to take a stand and say:
Hey, idiot, we're here for you no matter what. We're not
going to disappear when you get grumpy or angry, we're in
this for the long haul. We're in this for each other.

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#20. Silence gave the shadows and the darkness power

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#21. A truly great life. That is what humanity deserves. Not an average life, not even a normal one-a life in which genius is not an anomaly but an expectation. But to achieve such things

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#22. If someone tells you you're crazy enough times, eventually it becomes true. It's that old psychiatrist's joke: insanity's all in your head.

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#23. My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level.

Noah Hawley

#24. He was many things right now. and he felt like he was being pulled in a million conflicting directions.

Madeleine Roux

#25. You can't do over what's already been done, but you sure can undo it. Not easy, but you can undo it.

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#26. It seems that when dreams come true they never turn out the same way you dreamed them. They twist and turn and disappoint, leaving you wanting so much more. I don't know which to blame: the dream itself or the reality that dissolves the dream

Robin Jones Gunn

#27. Lament invoked love.
Woe invoked wonder.
Grief invoked grace.
Cry invoked celebration.
(Page 80)

Neena Verma

#28. My way of life is objectively better because mine has Wi-Fi and Netflix.

Madeleine Roux

#29. She left me. All this time she was gone, I didn't know if she was dead or just didn't want me. But now it doesn't matter. I choose my new parents and I choose my friends. I choose the family I made. I choose me.

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#30. Abby's eyes seemed almost as vacant as those of the girl in the photograph. Then a shiver came over her and she blinked. Gently, almost affectionately, she put the picture back on the wall. She touched it one last time and said, Poor little bird. I wonder if she ever escaped her cage.

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#31. God . . . will You write my love story? Will You write my life story? I just don't believe I can do it on my own. My heart will shatter into a million pieces long before I get it right.

Shantelle Mary Hannu

#32. I am thrilled when I read about fans using my stories as springboards to read about either the historical characters or the myths and legends in the books.

Michael Scott

#33. I'm lonely, and he can see it. Maybe everyone can see it.

Madeleine Roux

#34. The warrior who goes off to battle should not boast as the one who returns from it.

Richard Paul Evans

#35. Are you depressed?
What? I don't know. Probably. Isn't everyone?

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#36. As much as he liked the idea of having best friends with whom he could share anything. it was like all he knew how to be was alone, apart.

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