Aadan Quotes & Sayings

But sea power has never led to despotism. The nations that have enjoyed sea power even for a brief period-Athens, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, England, the United States-are those that have preserved freedom for themselves and have given it to others. Of the despotism to which unrestrained military power leads we have plenty of examples from Alexander to Mao. — Samuel Eliot Morison

The waters are rising, but so am I. I am not going under, but over. — Catherine Booth

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word. — Willard Van Orman Quine

You know, I'm really bad on the computer. I'm really lame, man. I read and hang out with my kids. I've turned into a five year old. — Ally Walker

By getting to know you I get to know myself too. — Kate McGahan

Do you have any other siblings?" I asked.
"Yeah," he answered.
"What? A sister? Brother? Two? Twelve?" I pressed.
"Another brother," he answered.
Good God. There were three Italian, Cuban, Puerto Rican male Delgados roaming the earth. How did I not know this? As a woman, I should have instinctually felt their presence. — Kristen Ashley

Spiders will build their webs no matter how many laws you pass against it. — Marty Rubin

Don't tell the others," he said. When she stepped back, he'd pulled his boyish face over his features again.
"Do you need to go?" Blue asked. She meant go for ever, but she couldn't say it out loud.
He whispered, "Not yet."
Blue wiped a tear from her face with the heel of her hand, and he wiped a tear from her other cheek with the heel of his. His chin dimpled in that way that comes before tears, but she put her fingers against it and it resolved.
They were wheeling towards the end of something, and they both knew it. — Maggie Stiefvater