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Sublime Quotes #37

Lights Entirely Extinguished by stickman

"Too many kids these days grow up believing that to be a hero means to take the world on your shoulders. So they do it, and never look back at the debris that gets left behind, at the dust that rises with every step they take."

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Sublime Quotes #36

Ocean-Blue Eyes by foralois

“Sherlock admitted he was in love with John. Never to John, himself, but to the bedpost and the window and every object in his room, planned what he'd say, what he'd do. John had pulled him from depression and in their Sherlock-John bubble Sherlock knew nothing could go wrong and he was content.

Pop.”

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Sublime Quotes #35

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card Chapter 14

“When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom, you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man. “

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Sublime Quotes #34

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card Chapter 13

"Oh, of course," said Mu-pao. "You have always been useless. But that doesn't mean you aren't necessary."

"What do you mean?"

"Happiness can depend as easily on useless things as on useful ones."   

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Sublime Quotes #33

The Encyclopedia of Lost Saints by norio

“Those words had been said to him before, repeated until they lost meaning. Akaashi was such a good kid, Akaashi was so patient, Akaashi put up with so much. He could understand and accept those words, but it wasn’t like that. Or, it was like that, but it wasn’t completely like that. It was like that, but only in a certain way. Akaashi was patient, but he wasn’t altruistic. No shining benevolence arose from his heart and his goodness wasn’t endless. If he really hated doing it, then he wouldn’t do it. He’d been annoyed and irritated at the thoughtless Bokuto who dragged him everywhere, but he was even angrier at the Bokuto who was trying to think of him as someone who was such a beautiful exemplar of serenity.”

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Sublime Quotes #32

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card Chapter 5

"Now you're nearer the truth. We can't do crimes in the service of Congress, because Congress makes the laws. But if Congress ever became evil, then in obeying them we might also be doing evil. That is a matter of conscience. However, if that happened, Congress would surely lose the mandate of heaven. And we, the godspoken, don't have to wait and wonder about the mandate of heaven, as others do. If Congress ever loses the mandate of the gods, we will know at once." 

"So you lied for Congress because Congress had the mandate of heaven."

"And therefore I knew that to help them keep their secret was the will of the gods for the good of the people."

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Sublime Quotes #31

Xenocide by Orson Scott Card Chapter 5

“[...]The only way to retrieve a secret, once it is known, is to replace it with a lie; then the knowledge of the truth is once again your secret."

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Sublime Quotes #30

You’re the One by Jmetropolis Like Dreamers Do Chapter 6

“Midorima came home from work to find an enormous wooden crate impeding his path. It was almost as tall as he was and directly above it, was than damn chandelier still hanging from its place. “Kazunari!”

“Relax Shin-chan. It’s temporary. Just walk around it.”

While Daddy had been annoyed to find a wooden crate in the entryway, his children had been fascinated by it. Papa had picked each of them up and pulled them over his head so they could peer inside it. There wasn’t much to see, it was filled with packing peanuts.

Kazunari was sitting on the floor of the living room with the children, putting together a puzzle that was no more than ten pieces. It was possibly down to nine, now that Kichiro was chewing on one of them.

“Daddy!” Keiko called out as she ran towards her father at full speed and didn’t stop until she bumped into his knee.

Anticipating her trajectory, because really this was how he was greeted on most days – it made coming home so much sweeter -- Shintarō dropped his brief case on the floor to free his hand. She threw her hands up for Daddy to pick her up. Shintarō followed suit nuzzling her, before kissing her on the cheek. “Daddy,” she giggled. “That tickles,” she protested and then stuck her neck out so he could do it again.

Kichiro dropped his puzzle piece and followed in his sister’s footsteps. He too wanted to get in on the action. Shintarō scooped up the infant and blew a raspberry on a tiny sliver of exposed belly. Kichi-chan chortled.

Kazunari smiled to himself, he could just eat them up, the three of them. He picked up the discarded puzzle piece and wedged it into place. Now that Kichi-chan had chewed up the corners, it wasn’t a perfect fit.”