Humble Novels & Stories

Niklaus' words vanished when he looked up, his brows creased and face tensed when few inches from him was his moving target making it difficult to make sense of the words. ' Now I understand why Adam ate that damn apple '

she said pointing at nothing in particular. Jerry arched his brow looking even more confused. "What do you mean?" He asked taking a glance around. He rubbed his eyes hoping he wouldn't feel so tipsy after wards but it didn't help, he really had alot to drink. "Someone here" the zombie repeated again. Jerry chortled "don't be so naive, well I know you are though but don't make it so obvious, their is no one here, can't you see?" Jerry raised his hands over his head taking a glance around the room.

“Uncle? Is something wrong?” “Valery…” Valery frowned. “Yes?” The King became uncharacteristically hesitant again. “You are one of the nominees.”

I felt so small and feeble compared to him. “Are you hurt?” he asked in a gentle voice that immediately shook me from my reverie, shaking my head I clenched my jaw, the now dull pain of my coccyx being at the furthest part of my mind. Nodding once he slowly let go of my chin as he looked down at the bag of potatoes still lying there, it was almost as big as I was which made it even more unbelievable that I had tried to pick it up by myself. Jake quickly bent down as he picked up the heavy bag with no more effort than picking up a light feather, I smirked before looking down now feeling even weaker than I clearly already was,

'Adolf's shadow' was the name she earned due to how inept and cruel she was to her targets. She remembered how she felt as if a part of her humanity crumbled off every time she took a life until a time came when she felt nothing. Like the man who felt nothing as he toyed around with women’s hearts, she had no regard for other people and was selfish of her own happiness and pleasure. She then snapped out of her own maze of reminiscence and started her busy day.

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Not leading but enabling. Takes humility. Takes accepting your importance has diminished. Takes trusting younger people to build well on foundation you laid. I'm learning. Slowly. Reluctantly. But learning."

“That’s one of the reasons I like you. You see, in this world of ours, being smart and strategic isn’t all that is needed. Humility, like you always show, is one of the things you need to climb to the top.” “Being humble is also a strategy, sir,” I muttered in reply. Baldwin began to chuckle, “I guess it is. A person should pretend to be humble if that will grant him what he desires.” “Yes, boss,” I nodded. “By the way, how did you think of that plan? I never thought there was a way to win against Bruce. I always tried but I always failed,” Baldwin said honestly. He never admitted his weaknesses often. “I figured that the reason

"I remember a line and it was 'Act like you can't afford the bread until they find out you own the bakery.' Simple sentence yet has a great meaning, doesn't it? The true spirit of being humble lies upon a person wearing old clothes instead of buying luxuries, indicating that he is rich. Because I believe that the truly successful person, it's about being wise of using their money in a meaningful way." "So..." I gave him a reassuring smile. "If ever you feel anxious about those people who can drag you down because of an error or two, don't waste your precious time for them instead. Insecure people don't have enough power to drag you down. Just always take note

Lorenzo asked in one breath. "I-I do but Lorenzo you have to understand. I-I don't want to pass on these messed up genes to a poor innocent child. I c-can't." Bonnie whispered. "Bonnie-" he cupped her face. "-it's not your fault, okay. It's not your fault that you're like this. You're beautiful just the way you are. If the baby is also blind, I'll love you both so much. So much." Bonnie lowered her head, resting her head on Lorenzo's chest. She slowly nodded mumbling a small 'okay'