Acebes And The Duke Quotes & Sayings

No matter how professional soldiers might be, an avoided battle was always good news. — David Eddings

Hell, even Akil had sent demon-nasties after me in the past, although he appeared to have resolved his homicidal tendencies since I'd literally sucked the life out of him. — Pippa DaCosta

We should be fully engaged with life, each individual should reach out beyond himself. Being merely present isn't enough. Being a mere witness is tantamount to being dead. That's what he meant to say. It doesn't matter if you stay in one spot, but your life should reach out if it is not to be a mere animal existence, — Jose Saramago

You must keep sending work out; you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you're working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success - but only if you persist. — Isaac Asimov

Must interests be interesting? That is, must they be interesting to someone other than yourself? — David Levithan

I have to help you, Ash. I can't say no to what you're asking, but I'm afraid I'll hurt you in this process. I won't mean to, but I will. — Annabel Joseph

If our principal treasure be as we profess, in things spiritual and heavenly, and woe unto us if it be not so! on them will our affections, and consequently our desires and thoughts, be principally fixed. — John Owen

Fix your eyes on eternity with Jesus. — David R. Mains

When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions? ... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices ... people are struggling with those profound issues. — Hillary Clinton

Failure starts a future success, if you become better. — Troy Clark

History is a set of lies agreed upon. — Napoleon Bonaparte

If one doesn't do something well, it shouldn't be done."
"I don't agree," she protested. "Sometimes the effort should be made even if the results aren't perfect. — Lisa Kleypas

White middle- and upper-class men have a longer journey to go than many people. — Holly Near

I can't stop it. I can't stop Them from following me. If it was just me that the fey picked on, I'd be okay with that. But someone else always pays for my Sight. Someone else always gets hurt instead of me." Tearing my gaze from hers, I looked out over the fields. "I'd rather be alone," I muttered, "then to have to watch that again. — Julie Kagawa