Celestia Ludenberg Quotes & Sayings

They were such solitary creatures that when they met their mates they would begin to scream, for they were drawn to each other, yet were enemies still. — Alice Hoffman

The rain has held back for days and days, my God, in my arid heart. The horizon is fiercely naked---not the thinnest cover of a soft cloud, not the vaguest hint of a distant cool shower.

Send thy angry storm, dark with death, if it is thy wish, and with lashes of lightning startle the sky from end to end.

But call back, my lord, call back this pervading silent heat, still and keen and cruel, burning the heart with dire despair.

Let the cloud of grace bend low from above like the tearful look of the mother on the day of the father's wrath — Rabindranath Tagore

Social unrest and protectionism are the two major risks of the world economic crisis. — Christine Lagarde

Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati. — China Mieville

Her nerves licked her palms. — Markus Zusak

Various pieces of huge dark furniture constricted the passage, and the place smelled of boiled fish. I was shown into the parlor, where the gloom of that overcast day was filtered through windows curtained in dingy lace. — Patrick McGrath

She is intent on pleasing the men that frighten her. — Carla H. Krueger

As long as I can throw you on the bed like a caveman and pummel you to orgasm with my love-club, I'm good. — Nalini Singh

Each generation must go further than the last or what's the use in it? — Meridel Le Sueur

I'm usually a panster and throw ideas down on computer the second they hit my brain. I even had to get off the treadmill to write down my ideas. It's a great place to 'zone out' and think about my plots and characters. — Franny Armstrong

The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of mind calmly to investigate, or candidly to appreciate, the motives of their enemies, which often escape the impartial and discerning view even of those who are placed at a secure distance from the flames of persecution. — Edward Gibbon

Answering questions is a major part of sex education. Two rules cover the ground. First, always give a truthful answer to a question; secondly, regard sex knowledge as exactly like any other knowledge. — Bertrand Russell

You can put it another way, of course; you always can. — Julian Barnes