(...) But Gaia had absorbed the new information. "I won't need to kill billions, Diana. When Nemesis is gone, there will be no other like me. Just me alone. I will grow and spread, one body and then another, and soon there will be so many of me that it will be impossible to eradicate me. Eventually all will be me, and I will be all." "Won't that be boring?" Diana asked. "You'd be dating yourself. You'll have no one to discuss your evil plans with. (...)
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Related But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a... AMANDA GRACE The day when it all ends. Will you be with me or will you be gone and leave me alone. On that day, w... IVANN RODRIGUEZ But even when I stop crying, even when we fall asleep and I'm nestled in his arms, this will leave a... AMANDA GRACE No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he put... JESUS CHRIST if the rain you left behind for me to deal with taught me anything in this life, it w... HANNAH CAO It occurs to me that even though Zoya and I are both still alive, my life is already over. She will ... JOHN BOYNE I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people. I don't need to look past seeing... PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON The brief relief of seeing other people when I leave my room turns into a desperate need to be alone... ELIZABETH WURTZEL And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.] UNKNOWN Eventually somebody will want me, and there will be a role that is mine. RACHEL BROSNAHAN I can’t be with you. I love Brandon; I’m sorry.” No! “Baby, don’t say that. I w... MOLLY MCADAMS I'll always be back to the stage. I have no doubt that the stage will always call me back. There... TAMMY BLANCHARD There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I... DRAKE There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another wi... NICHOLAS SPARKS There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another ... NICHOLAS SPARKS There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another wi... NICHOLAS SPARKS There will be no wardrobe malfunction with me. I can promise you that, ... I have nothing I will be ... PAUL MCCARTNEY There will always be a part of me that is dirty and sloppy, but I like that, just like all the other... MATTHEW QUICK Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later. ... CASSANDRA CLARE But to me, to be original is to be yourself. MARC NEWSON All men have stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travele... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY She is always going to be Diana Ross; she doesn't have to put out another album to keep at it. I... GLOZELL It's like there are a million screams caught inside of my chest but I have to keep them all in becau... TAHEREH MAFI But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. ... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Was there no one to help? He instinctively bowed his head and prayed. A warm feeling engulfed his ba... MARK A. COOPER Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Just think of me and I will be there RICHARD REEVES I always loved you, Will, whatever you did. And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for mys... CASSANDRA CLARE One day, and it may be long off, but one day there will be bacon again. It might be mouse bacon, but... FRANK TAYELL God’s vessel When God is finished molding me, I will be a beautiful vessel in his hands. ELLEN JEAN BARRIER You drive me insane June. You're the scariest, most clever, bravest person I know, and sometimes I c... MARIE LU And I think it's likely that there will be Data's out there one day. I hope so, if there are, that t... BRENT SPINER The worst will happen. Think of me, children, when that day comes. I have foreseen it and predicted ... KLAUS MANN I will take your heart. I will take your soul out of your body As though I were God. ... LANGSTON HUGHES Nothing's perfect," sighed the fox. "My life is monotonous. I hunt chickens; people hunt me. All chi... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD Until death," Jem replied gently. "Those are the words of the oath. 'Until aught but death part thee... CASSANDRA CLARE You can slow me down, but you will never be able to stop me. I will be the best and your fears will ... KISHAN S CHAUHAN Whither thou goest, I will go; Where thou diest, will I die And there will I be buried: CASSANDRA CLARE Without you, I will still be me, just that I will have no souls to express to; so when oneself is no... MAGGIEGUE Some day soon, perhaps in forty years, there will be no one alive who has ever known me. That's when... IRVIN D. YALOM To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When there is no reason to be happy, that's all the reason you need to happy SOTONYE ANGA Will you be mine?
When my people go away,
When I loose my loved ones
When I feel I lost myself......... NISHI DE SILVA One day I will be gone from this world; you will remember me by the words that I will leave behind. AVIJEET DAS If I love, there will be no hell for me. JOSEMARíA ESCRIVá I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow You m... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE They are all trying to learn the skill and I will make sure they master it, then I will be able to p... ALVINE KABOGGOZA I will continue to knock the door even unreturned. No doubt my finger will be injured, but it will h... IMRAN NAZIR When you give, you will be blessed. When you give, it will be given back to you. CRAIG GROESCHEL My friends, tonight we bring you something entirely different. Something special. The poets will res... CHARLES GRANT And when the universe has finished exploding all the stars will slow down, like a ball that has been... MARK HADDON I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and sa... BARBRA STREISAND They have been there from the start and it will be really tough to lose the three of them. I know al... KYLE WOODCOCK A Nigerian acquaintance once asked me if I was worried that men would be intimidated by me. I was no... CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE When I’m running, there’s always this split second when the pain is ripping through me and I can... LAUREN OLIVER I don't want you forgetting how different our circumstaces are. If you die, and I live, there's no l... SUZANNE COLLINS I'm sorry, I will not change what I am or pretend to be something else just so that you will like me... BROOKE HAMPTON I knew right from the start that those who carried me on their shoulders will hurl stones at me one ... LECH WALESA What I 'd like first is someone to raise them with, someone who will look at me and say, 'that one. ... GISELLE ELLIS I don't think that God says, "Go to church and pray all day and everything will be fine." No. For me... ELVIA ALVARADO Being in the public eye, there will always be negatives. Those dark aspects will always be there and... RAIN PHOENIX Dedicated to: You. There will never be another like you. For me...you are the one. Ye... J.R. WARD Stay true to yourself.Take everyday challenge in your stride & strive to make journey of life exactl... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be true to yourself.Give wings of confidence & courage to your endeavour. Your strength is reflected... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I... FRANK HERBERT Give me a book and I may change the world, give me a weapon and there will be no world to change. RAOUF REDA HABIB And when your sorrow is comforted (time soothes all sorrows) you will be content that you have known... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY 7 Rules to a Happy Life: 1. Be humble 2. Don’t worry 3. Don't settle for les... GERMANY KENT Wherever you are, be all there. CRAIG GROESCHEL History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. WINSTON CHURCHILL To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD This will be a massive learning year for me and it will almost be like going back to step one. BRADLEY SMITH They'll try to kill you." "Good thing I'm hard to kill." Only one thing concerned me. "Will you... KAREN MARIE MONING I wish I could be like Shaw who once read a bad review of one of his plays, called the critic and sa... BARBRA STREISAND I will not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I... FRANK HERBERT You must come home with me and be my guest;
You will give joy to me, and I will do
All that is... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY There will be thousands of dead. You will all think of me. KAY NEHM Swallowing that chocolate you just ate May have been your fatal mistake! Your smooth complexio... KEVIN MISSEN The moment when you realize no one understands, no one ever did, no one ever will. You were alo... SANHITA BARUAH Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous in... JOHN HENRY NEWMAN They tell me that it will be hard to find a man strong enough to love my own strength and independen... DIANA ROSS If I lay here If I just lay here would you lie with me and just forget the world? SNOW PATROL If you are feeling constrained by a group that you belong to, ask yourself, “How can I partic... GINA GREENLEE I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated... NICHOLAS SPARKS You are descended from warriors. An endless parade of warriors. You have been alive for a billion ye... NICK LAKE "We all have a call in life... Mine is to be me. No matter how hard, no matter how inconvenient. No ... NILSA FACCHI-BOLLIER I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've l... NICHOLAS SPARKS Be yourself....and make the world adjust! GERMANY KENT There will come a time,” I said, “when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a tim... JOHN GREEN I am looking for friends. What does that mean -- tame?" "It is an act too often neglected... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY Stubbornness" is knowing exactly what you want courageously living by free will; never to be judged ... MICHELLE CRUZ-ROSADO My family expect me to fail in life; they expect me that I will not become anyone in live. They expe... TEMITOPE OWOSELA If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead. ASNE SEIERSTAD You cannot win the war. You will seem to win but it will be an illusion. You will win the battles, k... CHARLES V. DE VET Love me only for my actions, and I will grow stressed. Love me only for my body, and I will gr... VIRONIKA TUGALEVA To be rich simply means,to be able to meet people's need. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
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Her bloody, feral grin faded to be replaced by ... MICHAEL GRANT It takes me a while to figure things out, doesn't it?" Edilio grinned. "Do me a favor. When you find... MICHAEL GRANT Caine tried to roll to his feet, but something was jabbing him in the crouch. He shook off the stars... MICHAEL GRANT You're a big, lovable teddy bear. MICHAEL GRANT Come live with us, Diana. Don't argue. Just say yes." Diana looked at the ground to hide her em... MICHAEL GRANT Say it. But..." "But what?" he asked. She whispered it, sounding too vulnerable. "But only... MICHAEL GRANT It took Caine a few beats to get it. “No. Go kill yourself. Eat your own gun. No. No no no.” MICHAEL GRANT Find Sam Temple. Tell him you escaped.” Jack gulped and bobbed his head. “Better yet, ... MICHAEL GRANT Has Orc shown up here?” But neither Caine nor Diana answered. Both were staring at Drake, who saun... MICHAEL GRANT My little man,” she said. “No.” She stretched out her hand to him. “Come.” ... MICHAEL GRANT You saw the way everyone looked at him? And when I asked for nominations, his was the first name men... MICHAEL GRANT Now, who else speaks for Perdido Beach?” Bouncing Bette said, “Sam Temple here went into a ... MICHAEL GRANT A white van drove slowly—as slowly as only an inexperienced and frightened driver could go— MICHAEL GRANT Delay of pain: that was the meaning of life, wasn’t it? “I’ve made some bad decisions,”... MICHAEL GRANT But then had come the voice that said, "Come on, you little freak, wherever the hell you are, w... MICHAEL GRANT It’s not about the powers, man; it’s that we aren’t kids anymore. Look what we’ve been throu... MICHAEL GRANT Endgame,” Sam muttered, not really expecting Caine to hear. “Yep,” Caine said. “That’... MICHAEL GRANT But hey this was the FAYZ, where all you could really hope was to delay the pain. MICHAEL GRANT And now, at last, gaiaphage and Nemesis stood facing each other. “Why didn’t you just . . .... MICHAEL GRANT I’m sorry for hurting you. I know I did. I’m most likely dead now, and I guess if there’s any ... MICHAEL GRANT You need to think about all that, Sam,” Dekka said. “You’re the leader, after all.” “... MICHAEL GRANT Do you love me?” Diana asked. Caine’s eyes widened. She could actually see him twitch. Like... MICHAEL GRANT Hunter woke suddenly. A noise. It was a noise unlike anything he’d ever heard before. Close! ... MICHAEL GRANT He reached over and took Taylor’s hand. She did not pull her hand away. He moved his hand up ... MICHAEL GRANT Little Pete. He’s not exactly just Astrid’s autistic brother.” He explained briefly while Toto... MICHAEL GRANT Quinn came forward and Sam pulled him aside. His old friend looked tortured and sad. “What’... MICHAEL GRANT Have a seat with me,” Caine said, hopping down from the wall. “How have you been, Taylor?” MICHAEL GRANT And he thought of the two people who had held his job before him: Sam and Astrid. Both beaten into d... MICHAEL GRANT Today, each of you will make a decision,” Caine said. “To go with Sam, or to stay here. I won’... MICHAEL GRANT He’s not the first to say that. MICHAEL GRANT Like a bullet out of a gun. His big paws had caught the dog before the dog could even flinch. MICHAEL GRANT Sam was starting to feel anxious. Nutella and noodles were fine. Great in fact. Miraculous. But he'd... MICHAEL GRANT The gaiaphage. That's the other word they use. 'Gaia,' as in world. 'Phage,' as in a worm or somethi... MICHAEL GRANT Mother Mary wants to draft two more kids,” Astrid told Sam. “Okay. Approved.” “Dah... MICHAEL GRANT First off,” he said, “I want to say I’m sorry about E.Z. He was a good kid. He didn’t deserv... MICHAEL GRANT Its the fate of all creators: They fall in love with their creations. MICHAEL GRANT Have you seen Sam?” Mary asked. “What do you want with Sam?” “I can’t take care ... MICHAEL GRANT Sam Temple kept a lower profile. He stuck to jeans and understated T-shirts, nothing that drew atten... MICHAEL GRANT Sam walked cautiously around Pack Leader to see the other side. There were the insect jaws protrudin... MICHAEL GRANT Astrid felt a towering wave of disgust. She was furious with Sam. Furious with Little Pete. Mad at t... MICHAEL GRANT At night we cry sometimes, and if you think that just applies to the females then you have never bee... MICHAEL GRANT The Tao of Natural Breathing by Dennis Lewis is filled with drawings, insights and guidance from an ... MICHAEL GRANT Why are we doing this?" Caine asked him. "You know damned well why we're doing this. Because it's a ... MICHAEL GRANT I’m getting my stuff,” he said, and bolted for the steps. “You don’t have to move out,�... MICHAEL GRANT The warrior who had gone out from the lake to save his people by slaying the evil one was now just a... MICHAEL GRANT