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Nevertheless, the potential and actual importance of fantastic literature lies in such psychic links: what appears to be the result of an overweening imagination, boldly and arbitrarily defying the laws of time, space and ordered causality, is closely connected with, and structured by, the categories of the subconscious, the inner impulses of man's nature. At first glance the scope of fantastic literature, free as it is from the restrictions of natural law, appears to be unlimited. A closer look, however, will show that a few dominant themes and motifs constantly recur: deals with the Devil; returns from the grave for revenge or atonement; invisible creatures; vampires; werewolves; golems; animated puppets or automatons; witchcraft and sorcery; human organs operating as separate entities, and so on. Fantastic literature is a kind of fiction that always leads us back to ourselves, however exotic the presentation; and the objects and events, however bizarre they seem, are simply externalizations of inner psychic states. This may often be mere mummery, but on occasion it seems to touch the heart in its inmost depths and become great literature.

Never underestimate what teens can understand or do. They're smart, creative, and fresh-minded. I wish I was one.

Night and day the streets resounded with music, song, and the clinking of chalices and tankards, for it is well known that nothing is such thirsty work as the acquisition of knowledge.

Nightmares have a dreadful effect of captivating our minds during the waking hours. Nevertheless, they are merely fiction.

Next time when I dive into the territory that I had lived next to, where my sister grew up, I know what to expect. I would be ready. I would be prepared.

Next to her a calico cat puffed away at a hubble-bubble. Puss’s watch cost more than his vest, and his vest cost more than his boots, and his boots cost more than a house. If you stripped him naked and sold off his costume, you’d walk away with enough money to retire—though if you left him alive you wouldn’t have long to enjoy it. The only thing that could rival Puss’s vanity was his sadism.

No amount of speed could break me of this darkness... The sorrow is ever clinging to me.

„Noaptea aceasta era specială, era ca ultima femeie, care-și lăsa urma de parfum acolo unde începuse amorul – în gând. Scurtă, fugară și, ca orice iubită de împrumut, era carnală. Nu-mi cerea să-i ofer iubire, jurăminte și cuvinte dulci. Știa de ce fel de resurse dispunea, știa ce trebuia să facă și știa în cât timp să dispară până-n zori. Noaptea aceasta purta ceas la mână. Nu voia nimic de la mine și îmi era atât de dragă, pentru că, astfel, îmi aparțineam mie însumi mai mult. Delicat, îmi atinse pielea rece și își lipi buzele fierbinți de vis, cu patosul unei nebunii trecătoare. Mă sărută-n gând, furându-mi respirația și m-am trezit rostind două cuvinte de somnambul, nu „te iubesc!”, ci... „noapte bună!“ Știam amândoi că se va sfârși. Ea nu era fidelă, în caz contrar nu și-ar împărți trupul între duminică și luni. O îmbrăţişam cu drag, căci nu o voi revedea nicicând. I-am păstrat, în gând, urma de ruj și parfumul.

Never tease anything that wants to eat you." Reign of Blood

Niall screamed like a pig at a slaughterhouse and collapsed off his mount.

Nice shack

Nice things don't happen in storybooks,' Taryn says. 'Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.

Nightmares are seldom a foreshadowing of real events, but always a showing of real fears.

Nice girl. Wears too much makeup." "Most chicks hate her." "Most chicks wish they looked like her. And they wish they had her money and boyfriend." I stop and regard her in disgust. "Burro Face?" "Oh, please, Alex. Colin Adams is cute, he's the captain of the football team and Fairfield's hero. You're like Danny Zuko in Grease. You smoke, you're in a gang, and you've dated the hottest bad girls around. Brittany is like Sandy ... a Sandy who'll never show up to school in a black leather jacket with a ciggie hangin' from her mouth. Give up the fantasy.

Ngojak itu Jalan kaki, BerAva Senyum, Berfollower panas ibukota. Dan selalu berharap menemukan kesempurnaan yang ke 5. Sang Narasumber yang bersahaja! Yang siap menguak rasa penasaran

Nil Sine Magno Labore ("Nothing without great effort") --Motto of Brooklyn College

Nimic nu îngrădeşte mai rău decât conştiinţa că trebuie să lucrezi împotriva naturii tale. Bună sau rea, decizia trebuie să-i aparţină inimii, pentru că aceasta pulsează viaţa în tine şi răzbunarea ei va fi cruntă împotriva celui care nu o ascultă.

Nissa, you have a kind and bold heart, Follow it, and you will never go astray.

Noblest. Bravest. What rot. There was no bravery in buying oneself out of difficulty.

Nobody should ever feel good knowing there’s a Magic-User, and people should be in a panic whenever they know where one is.

No doubt you've experienced something similar in books, movies, novels–whatever you use as an excuse to get away, to suspend reality. Literary characters, like these projections, draw you in and cultivate feelings of friendship on your part. Although, no matter how much you learn about them, how much time you spend with them–how far you can see into their thoughts and words, how they interact with others, their looks, what they wear–they will never, ever know you.

No, I do not believe in fate, that some spirits of the heavens weave the laws of the world to make it so. That is dogma for the foolish, for the universe is quite able to deal with such matters herself, to use her natural laws to guide matter and the spirits. Even so, souls within the world can act to naturally shift the cause of events. Magister Brennark did say that ‘Nothing happens unless we make it so.’ I believe you have made it so, Wolfdon, and how foolish it would be for us to ignore an opportunity that you yourself established, whether you knew you were doing so or not.

Nobody knows better than I that the gods exist. Whether I believe them worthy of adoration is an entirely different matter.

Nobody really has anybody,” I told her. “We all must die, and we all die alone.

No. It's choice. Every time, no matter what happens, I would choose you. Even if we had to repeat this for eternity, I would choose you, every time.

Nobody looks like what they really are on the inside. You don’t. I don’t. People are much more complicated than that. It’s true of everybody.' I said, 'Are you a monster? Like Ursula Monkton?' Lettie threw a pebble into the pond. 'I don't think so,' she said. 'Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.' I said, 'People should be scared of Ursula Monkton.' 'P'raps. What do you think Ursula Monkton is scared of?' 'Dunno. Why do you think she's scared of anything? She's a grown-up, isn't she? Grown-ups and monsters aren't scared of things.' Oh, monsters are scared," said Lettie. "That's why they're monsters. And as for grown-ups...' She stopped talking, rubbed her freckled nose with a finger. Then, 'I'm going to tell you something important. Grown-ups don't look like grown-ups on the inside either. Outside, they're big and thoughtless and they always know what they're doing. Inside, they look just like they always have. Like they did when they were your age. Truth is, there aren't any grown-ups. Not one, in the whole wide world.

No habría nada en el mundo que la apartara de él.

No, I wasn’t going to think about that. I didn’t think about it through the long hours of flight. I didn’t think about it as the sun came up – finally – on the horizon, bathing me in gold and hope. I didn’t think of it when Hubric signaled a weary stop and we landed exhaustedly next to a pond in a rolling field of grass. Stop thinking about it. Seriously. You’re driving me crazy. But honestly, how did you stop thinking about something like that? I’d been so close to having something I’d wanted all my life. I’d been so close to getting what I didn’t even believe was possible.

- No, I won’t. It isn’t possible to remain young forever but it’s possible to never grow old.

No fairy tale, this. This was by no stretch of the imagination a polished fantasy. This was a searing, living force, rough around the edges, unfamiliar and bittersweet. And precious.

No m’lord. It wouldn’t be a secret army if we had seen it. My squire, who has not had the opportunity to be clearly informed about the presence of a secret army, has been ignorant of its existence.

No matter how strong you are, you cannot hold open the jaws of a great-white shark with your bare hands... that can do your brain.

No man's advice can change you unless you speak to yourself. Bible school or seminars can't change you, going to church can't change you except you decide to change. Psalm 139:23 - 24

No,” I said. “I can’t remember doing this.” “Oh,” Rena made and gestured dramatically. “You don’t remember it. And that automatically means you didn’t do it?

—No nos han presentado. —Tú sabes quién soy yo y yo sé quién eres tú, y... —... Y eso no va a bastar.

No more shall the birds or the beasts seek to harm me, From the power that has held them, they will henceforth be set free And should another such attempt dare come to be The doer of the spell shall be so cursed ten-fold, plus three!

Non c'è appagamento che non sia reso più dolce dal protrarsi del desiderio.

Non avevano imparato nulla dai loro errori, se non a portare la crudeltà a un nuovo livello di brutale raffinatezza.

None of us could choose our birth, but we could still chose our family, and only those who love you are your true family.

Non era stato coraggioso, restando lì fermo a farsi pungere - disse Coraline al gatto. - Non era stato coraggioso perché non aveva avuto paura: quella era l'unica cosa che potesse fare. Ma quando era tornato a riprendersi gli occhiali, sapendo che lì c'erano le vespe, aveva avuto veramente paura. Quello era stato vero coraggio. - Mosse il primo passo lungo il corridoio. Sentiva odore di chiuso, di polvere e di umidità. Il gatto avanzata lentamente accanto a lei. - E perché mai? - le domandò il gatto, con un tono che rivelava scarso interesse. - Perché - disse Coraline - quando hai paura di qualcosa, ma la fai comunque, quello è coraggio.

None of this is real, my dear. Not this house, not this conversation, not those shoes you're wearing--which are several years out of style if you're trying to reacclimatize yourself to the ways of your peers, and are not proper mourning shoes if you're trying to hold fast to your recent past--and not either one of us. 'Real' is a four-letter-word, and I'll thank you to use it as little as possible while you live under my roof.

Non sempre chi accondiscende è debole.

Non puoi metterti a fare il padre quando vuoi tu. Io sono tua figlia,ma sono cresciuta in un modo diverso da quello che vuoi. Non intendo sottostare alle tue regole di corte, non intendo sposarmi con chi vuoi tu, e intendo fare della mia vita ciò che voglio! Elena Lucia Zumerle, "Angelica

«Non è una frase genuina» protestai. «I mi spiace autentici sono di un rosa più tenue». Arricciò le labbra. «Ma sono anche troppo fragili». Stando a quanto avevo letto, era vero. La rarità era dovuta anche alla loro fragilità. Era facile danneggiarli o distruggerli. «Quella è un'ottima copia» disse, indicandola con l'indice.

No–one believes they’re a hero. But that doesn’t mean they’re not heroic - Captain Spectre.

No one can destroy the love God has for you. When you abide in truth, you also abide in love. And truth is evidence of love. Nothing can destroy the power of trusting and loving unconditionally.

No one had fought back. His friends had not retaliated and morphed into monsters. They had fallen like flies. Perhaps such evil did not lurk in the others. Perhaps he's been wrong. The thought came to him suddenly, stopping his heart as if he'd been yanked from the dance hall and flung countries and time-zones away only to crash into arctic waters. It marked the end of something, as revelations often do. He was the monsters.

No one is ever beyond redemption, if they choose to walk that path.

No one is vulnerable unless you're invulnerable.

No one ended up there by mistake and no one stayed there unless they had no other options.