L.B. Scott Quotes

Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

It doesn't cost anything to pay attention.

It’s a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for.

Whatever action we take may influence the course of civilization.

Stand in your own two shoes.

A covenant differs from a contract almost as much as marriage differs from prostitution.

The only real escape from hell is to conquer it.

I keep forgetting how important it is to just be still sometimes. Without a phone, or a TV, or a friend. Alone. Quiet. Connected to nothing, and everything, all at once. Undistracted

I can still feel my legs, thanks for asking. My back’s not even hurt that badly. Only as though I was just hit by a train.

You freaking bit me, " I said, my voice hoarse. "You're lucky I don't call animal control.

You might just be the craziest person I've ever know, but you're also the bravest. - Marcus

I heard sad choirs in my mind. There was nothing left of Rachel in the world. He cherished what he'd shown me, and now it was gone. Eureka.

Dating and hiring have a lot in common.

I may be taller than her on my knees. Does she need a man she can climb?

The petite bourgeoise and small property in general represent a precious zone of autonomy and freedom in state systems increasingly dominated by large public and private bureaucracies.

Right and wrong isn’t a matter of ethics, rather it’s the geography in which you reside and whose control you’re under. Tallinn Manual 2.0 is based largely on western international humanitarian law.

Integrity, by its definition, means adhering consistently to a strong, reliable code of ethics, whatever that code is.

Was that tragedy? Or was that comedy? Was there really any difference?

He gains the farthest reaches where the ache of our most ancient absence lay.

Christ in a Pinata' how have I over complicated the plot?

Quing-Jao: I am a slave to the gods, and I rejoice in it.Jane: A slave who rejoices is a slave indeed.

:...For animals and birds are like people, too, though they do not talk the same or do the same things. Without them the earth would be an unhappy place.

Just because they didn't know they were killing human beings doesn't mean they weren't killing human beings.

All dreams. If there was love or pity for him, it was only in his dreams.

The more in control the mark thinks they are, the more easily the respond to real control.

The mind is powerful, and you have more control than you think.

As Melissa got closer, the taste of school began to foul her mouth.

Don't make me kill you at this hour in the morning Jimmy. It's not civilized.

Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders.

[T]hat's the way of torturers of every age, to put the blame on the victim, especially when he strikes back.

Demonstrating integrity is indispensable for leaders.

I love books. I love that moment when you can open one and sink into it. You can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting than yours will ever be.

So the I.F. is spying on Earth.""Just as a mother spies on her children at play in the yard.""Good to know you're looking out for us, Mummy.

As I grabbed my cocoa, chocolate ran down my hand."This makes me feel like a five-year-old, " I said, licking it off."If I ordered a sandwich at this place, do you think they'd cut the crusts off?

This would be a secret that I would carry with me, until the day I died.

I gotta go but... I miss you. That's all.""I miss you too", I say hugging my body tightly with the sleeves of his shirt.This... Is falling.

Alice is fictional. This isn't.

If you are against abortions, don't have one.

Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End

Security by design is a mandatory prerequisite to securing the IoT macrocosm, the Dyn attack was just a practice run

We pray for a messenger from God—who knows but what the messenger also prayed for a place to take his message?

Man was big enough to kill himself, thanks. No gods need apply.

She wants another spin on the wheel of fortune? This was always my problem with her: I could never tell the difference between the feeling of love and the feeling of danger.

Assisted him? Dylan made the repairs. I only fell and hit my head, from what I can recall. Yes, I make excellent deadweight.

F***ing triffids.

Remember, finding a publisher is a lot like a date. You can submit willfully and keep getting rejected, but in the end, you can always self-publish yourself.

Damn, he was good. I'd been professionally sullied without a single item of clothing removed.

If you have to injure someone, then make it so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

What thief does not fight to hold what he has?""One that has something better" - Locke Lamora to the Gray king

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