Alethiometer Quotes & Sayings

It's hard for me to grasp that I might somehow be my father's equal in any way. — Franz Wright

a good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving" Taoist dictum quoted by Sam Miller — Sam Miller

Don't worry, hero. If the vamp shows up, I'm here to protect you."
"Great, I can hide behind your massive ego. — Cassandra Clare

The messenger is not as important as the message. — Frank Iero

I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work. — Joseph Fiennes

Consider the impact of your personal care choices on our health, water supply and our wider environment. — Joanna Runciman

He looked. It was a struggle not to look. He loved seeing her in Fjerdan clothes, the little woolly vest, the full sweep of her skirts. Her green eyes were bright, her cheeks pink, her lips slightly parted. It was too easy to imagine himself kneeling like a penitent before her, letting his hands slide up the white curves of her calves, pushing those skirts higher, past her knees to the warm skin of her thighs. And the worst part was that he knew how good she would feel. Every cell in his body remembered the press of her naked body that first night in the whaling camp. — Leigh Bardugo

What is he? A friend or an enemy? The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer. — Philip Pullman

She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?
The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.
When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once. He could find food, and show her how to reach Oxford, and those were powers that were useful, but he might still have been untrustworthy or cowardly. A murderer was a worthy companion. She felt as safe with him as she'd done with Iorek Byrnison the armoured bear. — Philip Pullman

Invention is nothing more than a fine deviation from, or enlargement on a fine model ... — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

We are also not what others think of us. Our reputations do not define our true worth. Every person we know has an opinion of us. We drive ourselves crazy wondering what those opinion are and trying to change the ones that aren't favorable. — Toni Sorenson

Enemies provide us some of the best opportunities to practice patience, tolerance, and compassion. — Dalai Lama XIV