Quote by Stanisław Lem

“I don't think, before that moment, that he truly grasped the nature of what I was. He knew, of course; had always known, and…

— Jacqueline Carey

“His body had taken over, and he'd fought, and he'd even, in a small, strange, hidden way, enjoyed it.”

— Cassandra Clare

“If ever he had harboured a conscience in his tough narrow breast he had by now dug out and flung away the awkward thing…

— Mervyn Peake

“Why couldn't it belong to him anymore? Why couldn't he belong to it? Because he gave it up. He held on to himself, and…

— Ann Brashares

“He wore the memory of her embrace like armor, and though he knew it would not save his life, it would be all that…

— Andrew Levkoff

“He didn’t know how one’s flesh prickled when fear took hold. He didn’t understand what it was like to gaze into the future and…

— Lorraine Heath

“It was one thing to take over a man’s mind to prevent her own death, and another thing entirely to steal his secrets.”

— Kristin Cashore

“thing. Something else had come aboard, something I’d never encountered. Something evil. Troubles I could handle. This dark, twisted thing was a whole other…

— Susan May

“He couldn't have what he'd once had; he'd already destroyed it.”

— Brenda Novak

“He was the same as everyone else: he carried his past inside him. There was no escape from it. No matter how hard you…

— Louise Douglas

“There was something great and deadly concealed within her, and he didn’t like it. He’d be ready—when the time came, he’d be waiting. He…

— Sarah J. Maas

“He could not bear the thought of discussing his situation, he could endure it only by determining resolutely not to think about it. He…

— W. Somerset Maugham