Ae1 Abrantes Quotes & Sayings

America is a melting pot, the people at the bottom get burned while all the scum floats to the top. — Charlie King

Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter. — Russell Baker

Man's sentimental attachment to objects is one of life's greatest consolations. — Orhan Pamuk

Reputation is like a sort of armor, or a weapon you can brandish if need be. — Patrick Rothfuss

His only part in the story: to observe and remember the chain of events. Not all of us will be cast in the greatest dramas. Someone has to remember them. — Emily St. John Mandel

I've always been around musicians and always been the songwriter who doesn't end up playing the music. — Alex Ebert

Love conquers everything even karma. — Julien Offray De La Mettrie

I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall;
I'll slay more gazers than the basalisks;
I'll play the orator as well as Nestor,
Decieve more slily that Ulysses could,
And like a Sinon, take another Troy.
I can add colors to the chameleon,
Change shapes with Proteus for advantages
And set the murderous Machiavel to school.
Can I do this, and cannot get a crown?
Tut! were it further off, I'll pluck it down. — William Shakespeare

Later, William Stoner could not remember how he learned these things, that first afternoon and early evening at Josiah Claremont's house; for the time of his meeting was blurred and formal, like the figured tapestry on the stair wall off the foyer. — John Williams