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Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

They radiated that orgasm-free lifestyle so unique and universal among Seabrook women.

Son of Atreus, what manner of speech has escaped the barrier of your teeth?

There is no reason to blame the Trojans and the well-greaved Achaeans that for such a woman [Helen] they long suffer woes.

I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.

people who walk around in the rain naked don't get wet: they get washed

The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption.

Honor is awesome because I say so

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?

The word 'love,' used in connection with the reproduction of our species, is the most odious blasphemy taught in our times.

The viscountess had raised the forefinger of her right hand and made a pretty gesture toward a stool at her feet. There was such intense tyrannical passion in the gesture that the marquis relinquished the doorknob and came back.

Poverty has in its favour an exquisite sleep filled with beautiful dreams.

she perceived several couples whose too hearty glee suggested nothing conjugal;

Men bow before the power of genius; they hate it, and try to slander it, because genius does not divide the spoil; but if genius persists, they bow before it.

keep this excitement for the letter which shall tell you of my first love. By the way, why always "first?" Is there, I wonder, a second love?

He still had a fragment of his boyhood belief that congressmen were persons of intelligence and importance.

My thoughts of longing are like the smoke grass, That grows always in profusion, winter or spring!

Roses are red, and here is something new, violets are violet not really blue.

It's like a spell. It's so strong I can't fight it. Is love always like this?

Your inferiority was right there on display for the world to see.

Do you have an opinion on anything?" "Not really." It was true, in a way. Opinions were for other people. It was fascinating how upset they got about them.

Actually, what that child needs, thinks Enigma, sniffing noisily, is a real good fuck.