Byturus Quotes & Sayings

In 1893, Miss M. Roalfe Cox brought together, in a volume of the Folk-Lore Society, no less than 345 variants of 'Cinderella' and kindred stories showing how widespread this particular formula was throughout Europe and how substantially identical the various incidents as reproduced in each particular country. — Joseph Jacobs

I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much. — Pat Travers

Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me! — Jim Henson

To write good SF today ... you must push further and harder, reach deeper into your own mind until you break through into the strange and terrible country wherein live your own dreams. — Gardner Dozois

We fight, we make up, and then we start wars on your behalf. — Shelly Crane

In the more recently disclosed field of history in the ancient Near East, however, there has been no such sense of responsibility displayed by historians either in Europe or America. — James Henry Breasted

I am an atheist. I do not believe in prayers, I believe in work. And my work is that of an author. My pen is my weapon. — Taslima Nasrin

God's ways are not our ways. They are beyond our understanding. — Jim George

Voice comes to you through a spell, a trance. The best voices are not you ... they're a little away from you. — Barry Hannah

A man who would mutilate himself is well damned, isn't he? — Primo Levi

To be fair, I don't think it's a plague to say I have the misfortune of making movies for a living. — A. J. Bowen

When you're used to seeing someone being coldly efficient on court and suddenly they go on stage and into your world - it's fascinating. — Adrian Smith