Cassilis Downans Quotes & Sayings

Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers. — Virgil

You who have defeated us say to yourselves that Babylon is fallen and its works have been overturned. I say to you still that man remains on trial, each man in his own dock. Each man is a little war. — Frank Herbert

I don't own designer clothes, or a sports car, or a huge house, but I am seeing the world, experiencing amazing things, and I have become an environmental campaigner. — Roz Savage

As a composer you want to tell musicians two completely contradictory things. You want to say, "Play exactly what I wrote, but bring your own thing to it." In a lot of ways they feel like opposites, but in a sense, my job is to cajole or encourage decisions that I approve of. — Nico Muhly

Can often be confused with," he looked me dead in the eye, "lust. — A&E Kirk

answers. I took another swig of water, screwed the cap back on and thought about the next place I must look for Doc. I did not like it — Rolland Love

Carefully squeezing through the forest of adults that crowded the aisles, feeling like an intruder in a forbidden temple, he cautiously pushed deeper into the newsstand and found a new paperback by a writer whose novel about vampires he had read and reread until the cover was falling apart. There had been an all-black cover on the vampire book. This new one gleamed like polished chrome. It was called THE SHINING, but it cost $2.50 and he had spent all but $1.25 of his weekly allowance on some STAR WARS stuff at the mall. — C. Dean Andersson

We will go to her party tomorrow, not because of her but because of the fact that everyone else will be there, including Vance. Conversely, Frances wouldn't dare not invite us, because she will want to appear to be inclusive, not to mention want to rub in our faces that she is hosting the first party of the semester. It's pretty twisted, but that's life. — Katie D. Anderson

Victim" and "Volunteer" can often be the two sides of the same coin. — Jose N. Harris

Love was an agony beyond compare — Nalini Singh

Women have got it all wrong now. They give it up too soon, and the men don't respect them. And before you tell me I don't have a clue, let me tell you something. By the time I let my future husbands climb into my bed, I'd made them work for it. And you know what? By the time they left it the next morning, they were begging for me to marry them. — Rose Wynters

If I had known, would I have gone back sooner? If there was an audible reshuffle and click every time my path was altered, some Jumanji-like close-up of a game piece slotting into place, would it have changed our fate? It could have been that moment or a million before it; I'll never know. — Vikki Wakefield

Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it, — Leatrice Eiseman

It doesn't matter how old you get. A hug from your mother always helps. — Lilliana Anderson