Charles Stross book Halting State
Source: Halting State (2007), Chapter 6, “Elaine: Death or Coffee” (p. 42)
Undated letter to Ethel Kennedy following RFK's assassination, as quoted in "FBI seizes letter from Jackie Kennedy to RFK's widow" http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/14/texas.kennedy.letter/index.html (14 September 2009)
Charles Stross book Halting State
Source: Halting State (2007), Chapter 6, “Elaine: Death or Coffee” (p. 42)
“Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.”
Dave Matthews (1967) American singer-songwriter, musician and actor
Grey Street
Busted Stuff (2002)
Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay
Katniss (p. 390; closing words of the epilogue)
Source: The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay (2010)
Context: I'll tell them how I survive it. I'll tell them that on bad mornings, it feels impossible to take pleasure in anything because I'm afraid it could be taken away. That's when I make a list in my head of every act of goodness I've seen someone do. It's like a game. Repetitive. Even a little tedious after more than twenty years.
But there are much worse games to play.
“if you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail… it takes back bone to lead the life you want”
Richard Yates book Revolutionary Road
Source: Revolutionary Road
“I’ll do whatever you want, whatever you need. Anything. Just take me back.”
Sylvia Day book Bared to You
Source: Bared to You
“Yo can always take back the lost parts of yourself if you can find and recognize them.”
Jonathan Carroll (1949) novelist, short story writer
Alessandra Ambrosio (1981) Brazilian model
http://www.askmen.com/women/models/57c_alessandra_ambrosio.html
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