Ambrose Avery Quotes & Sayings

Once you've been struck by violence, you acquire companions that never leave you entirely: Suspicion, Fear, Anxiety, Despair, Joylessness. — Yann Martel

When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher. — David Mitchell

Ask yourself what it is that a code of moral values does to a man's life, and why he can't exist without it, and what happens to him if he accepts the wrong standard, by which the evil is the good. — Ayn Rand

Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness. — Pope John Paul II

I used to think the Lord's Prayer was a short prayer; but as I live longer, and see more of life, I begin to believe there is no such thing as getting through it. If a man, in praying that prayer, were to be stopped by every word until he had thoroughly prayed it, it would take him a lifetime. — Henry Ward Beecher

The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind. — James F. Cooper

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you. — Oscar Peterson

If only someone would do for cows what Bambi did for deer. Cows have been in films, but they haven't starred. I'm still willing to eat a species that is only a supporting player. — Paula Poundstone

You look beautiful. I'm so happy I finally agreed to go on this date with you." That makes me laugh. "Really? Were you being hounded relentlessly?" "Like you wouldn't believe," he says, raising his eyebrows. "It's been exhausting having to dodge your advances. — Claire Contreras

Wish you were here, we can get lost in the forest together and eat bamboo rice. — Winna Efendi

I wouldn't pick you as the kind of man who'd care to die nicely."
He leant forward, lacing his hands together. "How do you think I'd like to die?"
"In a blaze of ice and fury." He was from Pirenti, after all.
The corner of his mouth hitched up at that, but it was a humourless expression, one filled with chipped edges and painted regrets. "And you?" he asked. " How would you like to die, Avery of Kaya?"
I picked up the oars and started to row.
"I'm already dead, Ambrose. — Charlotte McConaghy

The mirror ever lies. — Michael R. Fletcher

Okay, I say again. It seems that I've been reduced to single syllables by a single touch. Maybe Angela's right. Maybe the swoony hand-holding in my vision means that part of my purpose means getting this really hot guy as my boyfriend. That wouldn't suck. — Cynthia Hand

I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself. — Natalia Makarova

He smiled. And as I looked at the naked beauty of the expression, I fell in love with him.
It was that simple, that complicated. — Charlotte McConaghy

There are no other factors that cause me stress when I get inside the Octagon. I guess that's an advantage of getting older. — Mark Hunt