Adrian Mellon Quotes & Sayings

Welcome to Barrayar, son. Here you go: have a world of wealth and poverty, wrenching change and rooted history. Have a birth; have two. Have a name. Miles means "soldier," but don't let the power of suggestion overwhelm you. Have a twisted form in a society that loathes and fears the mutations that have been its deepest agony. Have a title, wealth, power, and all the hatred and envy they will draw. Have your body ripped apart and re-arranged. Inherit an array of friends and enemies you never made. Have a grandfather from hell. Endure pain, find joy, and make your own meaning, because the universe certainly isn't going to supply it. Always be a moving target. Live. Live. Live. — Lois McMaster Bujold

I'm short and curvy, but I think people want to work with me for reasons other than what I look like. — Josephine De La Baume

Religion is a very scary thing, because a pastor is in a position of power. And if you use that power badly, you ruin people's lives, and you ruin your own life. — Eugene H. Peterson

They can only kill us once. — Immaculee Ilibagiza

We left my birthplace, Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 when I was 13. I enjoyed the ethnic variety and the interesting students in my public school, P.S. 134. The kids in my neighborhood were only competitive in games, although unfriendly gangs tended to define the limits of our neighborhood. — Irwin Rose

You make me ride a horse, you get unbridled puns." "That's clever, I approve." "Thank you." Ty said — Abigail Roux

I don't think you need to spend $40 million to be creepy. The best horror films are the ones that are much less endowed. — George A. Romero

We made a good start toward preserving recreational areas like the Chattahoochee River. — Roy Barnes

We will have to work hard to rest. — Kevin DeYoung

One doesn't want appreciation... one wants response. To tell you the truth, I don't know what I want of you, or of anybody for that matter. I want more than I get, that's all I know. I want you to step out of your skin - I want everybody to strip down, not just to the flesh, but the soul. — Henry Miller

I don't think any man or woman should run for president unless, number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president, and two, they can look at folks out there and say, 'I promise you have my whole heart, my whole soul, my energy, and my passion. — Joe Biden

I wondered what it would be like to die. Was it like going to sleep or like waking up? Was there no more time? Or did time go on forever? — Grace McCleen

Adversity is opportunity inside out. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I see my trees repair their boughs. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The longer the life the more the offense, the more the offense the more the pain, the more the pain the less the defense and the less the defense the less the gain. — Thomas Wyatt