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“Reality was a bridge breaking beneath Adam”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“My stomach gave a violent start and turned into a hunk of ice. The world was spinning around me, and blobs of faces and visions of things past were dancing in the red mist that covered the lot. It swirled into a mass of colors and I felt myself swaying on my feet. Someone cried, "Glory, look at the kid!"
And the ground rushed up to meet me very suddenly.”
― S.E. Hinton, ×·Öð½ðÉ«µÄÉÙÄê [Zhui zhu jin se de shao nian] / The Outsiders

“This was true, she knew. Being involved with him gave her the privileged position of knowing him intimately. There were nights when he would wake up sweating, the nightmares returning out of the blue after a peaceful period sometimes weeks long. Growing up in the middle of a fierce civil war could indelibly mark a child. To Mykl, birthdays were always just another year under the belt, where the only reason to celebrate was that you weren¡¯t dead yet. She took his hand, squeezed it tight and led him inside.”
― Christina Engela, Dead Beckoning

“I was the chief of security on this civilian behemoth. Yes, that¡¯s right ¨C I used a big word ¨C try not to faint. I was one of the mostly invisible shepherds protecting the gilded flock of holidaymakers on their pleasure cruise through space. Most of the time it was boring, tedious work with nothing more exciting than the occasional case of misplaced luggage, passengers getting lost in the miles of corridor asking for directions, and just being visible to the passengers to put their minds at ease and make them think they were safe. Safe? Ha ha! This is space, man ¨C anything can happen. Finding my shuttle out here proves that.”
― Christina Engela, Space Vacation

“For she acted exactly as she pleased, laughed at his strictures against her behaviour, her friends, his lectures on 'respectability'. She was the first woman in his existence who had a life of her own, who did things simply because they pleased her, who argued, who asserted herself. There was only one role he was equipped to play which was to resist, to the bitter end, this encroachment as he saw it on his authority, his manhood. And bitter it became.”
― Olive Senior, Arrival of the Snake-Woman and Other Stories

“The weapon he held in his sweaty grip was one of a small consignment of prototypes received at the last port of call. The experts said it was the most powerful hand weapon in the known universe. He choked. That would soon be put to the test!”
― Christina Engela, Demonspawn

“Better to play dumb than to go as smartass¡­ after all smartasses get what they deserve in the end.?”
― Deyth Banger

“A tr?i ?n lume f?r? a deveni con?tient de sensul ei este ca ?i c?nd ai r?t?ci ?ntr-o mare bibliotec? f?r? a atinge nicio carte.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

“Schimbarea este iminent?. Fiin?a omeneasc? se afl? ?n pragul unei noi ere, c?nd ??i va ?ntoarce iar privirile spre natur? ?i spre ceea ce a fost... spre ideile din c?r?i precum Zoharul ?i alte texte str?vechi din lumea ?ntreag?. Adev?rurile semnificative ??i au propria for?? gravita?ional? ?i, ?n cele din urm?, atrag oamenii spre ele. Va veni o zi ?n care ?tiin?a modern? va ?ncepe s? studieze cu aten?ie ?n?elepciunea anticilor. Aceea va fi ziua ?n care omenirea va ?ncepe s? afle r?spunsurile la marile ?ntreb?ri ale vie?ii, ?nc? neelucidate.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

“Ce soart? va avea condi?ia omeneasc? dac? marile mistere ale vie?ii vor fi ?n sf?r?it elucidate? Ce se va ?nt?mpla c?nd acele convingeri pe care le accept?m exclusiv pe baza credin?ei... vor fi dovedite categoric ca fiind reale? Sau, dimpotriv?, ca fiind doar un mit? Am putea spune c? unele ?ntreb?ri ar fi mai bine s? r?m?n? f?r? de r?spuns.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

“Adev?rul are putere. Iar dac? gravit?m cu to?ii ?n jurul acelora?i idei, o facem poate, ?ntruc?t acele idei sunt reale... ?nscrise ad?nc ?n noi ?n?ine. Iar atunci c?nd auzim adev?rul, chiar dac? nu-l ?n?elegem, sim?im c? el rezoneaz? ?n interiorul nostru... vibr?nd odat? cu ?n?elepciunea noastr? incon?tient?. Poate c? adev?rul nu-l ?nv???m, ci ni-l reamintim... ?l re-memor?m... ?l re-cunoa?tem... ca fiind deja ?nl?untrul nostru.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

“Suntem creatori, dar juc?m naivi, rolul de ?crea?ie¡±. Ne consider?m biete oi neajutorate, m?nate ?ncolo ?i-ncoace de Dumnezeul care ne-a creat. ?ngenunchem aidoma unor copii speria?i, implor?nd ajutor, iertare sau noroc. Odat? ce ne vom da seama ?ns? c? am fost cu adev?rat modela?i dup? chipul ?i asem?narea Creatorului, vom ?ncepe s? ?n?elegem c? ?i noi suntem, prin urmare, creatori. Iar atunci c?nd acest lucru ne va fi clar, por?ile se vor deschide larg ?n fa?a realului poten?ial omenesc.”
― Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol

“It did occur to him that perhaps he¡¯d gone to the wrong Academy ¨C the guys in the Space Fleet always had more interesting stories to tell at the spaceport bars. You know, tales about the dude who got vaporized in a plasma accident in the engineering section, or the fella who got turned into a blob of weird space jelly by some alien virus ¨C or the time someone flew a starship into an astor-field at warp four by mistake (they were still trying to find the black box on that one). The Imperial Space Fleet¡¯s recruiting office sure didn¡¯t go around advertising ¡®Join up, see the universe, meet interesting aliens and die screaming¡¯, but it was known there were risks involved. It was part of the job after all, and yet somehow, they still got recruits signing up in droves. Yes, indeedy ¨C the stories were far more interesting than his ¨C took a load of ore to Gorda, took a load of mining equipment back to Tordrazil. Took a load of Florpavian Flame-birds to a zoo on Deanna, took a load of machinery to Salus. Picked up and dropped off a few passengers on the way. Still, Florpavian Flame-birds were a risky cargo¡­ and damned tricky to transport ¨C which is probably the only reason he¡¯d had any entertainment at all on the last trip.”
― Christina Engela, Black Sunrise

“Mykl d¡¯Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his pet dog lying on his lap. The wickerwork garden chair creaked pleasantly under him and some native Earth birds made pleasant sounds above while the cool wind wafted over him as he lazily ¡­”
― Christina Engela, Blachart

“The TSA liked having fresh agents on the job. Fresh agents with a clear mind and steady hand. Time travel wasn¡¯t for the faint of heart. The pay was good though, but as Scrooby had decided long ago, that even if he didn¡¯t get paid for it, the thrill alone was payment enough. Then again, the TSA realized they couldn¡¯t afford to have disgruntled employees with too much time on their hands and the power of the gods at their fingertips, so the pay was very, very good. Debriefing was routine. And how he hated routine! His supervisor was a senior agent called Guy Krummeck, a rather drab character who liked his shiny silver suits almost as much as he liked to go over every little detail at least three times. Minimum. This time everything went right, so it went quick. Twenty minutes later, tired, he clocked out and went home to his small apartment. Tomorrow, after all, was another day again.”
― Christina Engela, The Time Saving Agency

“But I was also told to hold doors for women and children, to shake hands with a firm grip, to remember people's names, and to always give the customer a little more than expected.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride

“The Witch 2015, has shown how religion make us, and where does this shit put us. How just by one religion a lot of people live in the lie!¡± ¨D Deyth Banger”
― Deyth Banger

“The Witch 2015, has shown how religion make us, and where does this shit put us. How just by one religion a lot of people live in the lie!”
― Deyth Banger

“The bulkheads were close together, the ceilings low above their helmets. Not much space in there to waste aboard the older ships. Every millimeter of plating cost money in the old days, before the New Economic System usurped the old. Every possible bit of space went to the carrying of cargo, or ¡®payload¡¯ as it was called.”
― Christina Engela, Panic! Horror In Space

“The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played with silly putty like the other kids. The first time he lost his eyebrows he was only five.”
― Christina Engela, Innocent Minds

“Well¡­ er -¡±
¡°Expecting a rescue is beyond hope under the circumstances!¡± Sam Barthoff, Mayor of Atro City, interrupted grimly, throwing up his hands in hopelessness. ¡°Hopeless!”
― Christina Engela, High Steaks

“Or I will get the best or nothing¡­ no need somebody to swallow my material, I'm already a big boy.”
― Deyth Banger

“Now is the moment and the time for the big break. The break for which everybody is talking about... but...

Life = Big Break”
― Deyth Banger

“Life is the most boring epiphany.”
― Deyth Banger

“But how could he have, when women themselves had suddenly gone insane, were rejecting the direction, the protection, that their menfolk offered them, were recklessly plunging off on their own into unknown and unspeakable depths?”
― Olive Senior, Arrival of the Snake-Woman and Other Stories

“I am not smart, I just got the time.”
― Deyth Banger

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“You will never know where you are going until you know where you come from.¡±

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― Mary Ellen Campbell, Be the Best Version of You

“Whoo state.... Chill the fuck up!”
― Deyth Banger, How to Talk to Anyone

“People attacking a group from outside will simply cause that group to close ranks and unify and become even stronger ¨C which is why, knowing this, they will try to attack the group from the inside and turn parts of the whole against itself.”
― Christina Engela, Pearls Before Swine