Chevallier Encomiendas Quotes & Sayings

The voyagers visited the Natchez Indians, near the site of the present city of that name, where they found a 'religious and political despotism, a privileged class descended from the sun, a temple and a sacred fire.' It must have been like getting home again; it was home with an advantage, in fact, for it lacked Louis XIV. — Mark Twain

I've turned down too many gods to
Start inventing my own now
Or believe in yours either. — Joanna McClure

Bombing of urban areas was not considered a war crime at Nuremberg; reason is, the West did more of it than the Germans. — Noam Chomsky

Things are set in stone. Things are well ordered. Reds at the bottom, everyone else standing on our backs. Now you're looking at me and you're realizing that we don't bloodydamn like it down there. Red is rising, Mickey. — Pierce Brown

Having a weapon you do not know how to use is better than having nothing at all, but not by much. -Kanin — Julie Kagawa

The thing about light is that it really isn't yours; it's what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself. — Anne Lamott

Similarly, dance is not just a raging sea of unrelated bodily movements; the relationship of those movements to one another is what creates integrity and integrality, a coherence and cohesion that the higher levels of our brain process. — Daniel Levitin