Brockers Quotes & Sayings

The [articles of the Genva Convention] adopted by The International Committee drew upon...the codes of a warrior's honour...these codes vary from culture to culture and their common features are the oldest artifacts of human morality: from Christian chivalry... to the Japanese Bushido or way of the warrior... The codes acknowledged the moral paradox of battle: that those who fight ...bravely are bound [by]...mutual respect... — Michael Ignatieff

There was no reason to think she would survive this. So she was surprised to notice that she was happy. Not the powerful, irrational, and dangerous joy of a euphoric attack, but a kind of pleasure and release all the same. At first, she thought it was because there wasn't anyone there with her, guarding her, judging her. And that, she decided, was part of it. But more than that, she was simply doing what needed to be done without having to concern herself about what anyone else thought. Even Jim. And wasn't that odd? She wanted nothing in the world more than for Jim to be there - followed by Amos and Alex and a good meal and a bed at a humane gravity - but there was a part of her that was also expanding into the silence of simply being herself and utterly alone. There were no dark thoughts, no guilt, no self-doubt tapping at the back of her mind. Either she was too tired for that, or something else had happened to her while she'd been paying attention to other things. — James S.A. Corey

You'll do it for me - for us. I'm not going to allow you to stop me from caring for you. You're mine." His — Laurann Dohner

But I remember we sold nearly 18,000 records in one day. — Neil Innes

Sadness flies on the wings of the morning, and out of the heart of darkness comes the light. — Jean Giraudoux

Some nasty old fart and his weird wife died, but the airboat swamp tour was awesome." She — Ellen Byron

Scribal culture and Gothic architecture were both concerned with light through, not light on. — Marshall McLuhan

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it. — Gregg Easterbrook

Be angry, Katie Greene. Don't forget how it was. Because there'll always be a hole in your heart. You don't have to fill it. — Amanda Sun

We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things. — Marcel Proust