Dalton Roque Quotes & Sayings

And may the Fates smile upon you .. — Rick Riordan

Vig walked back to his truck. That's when Stieg drily asked, "Do you need another minute to blush coquettishly and dream about your perfect white wedding?"
As Vig walked around the front of his vehicle, he grabbed Stieg by the hair and slammed him face-first into the hood. — Shelly Laurenston

If partisanship makes us abandon intellectual honesty, if we oppose what our opponents say or do simply because they are the ones saying or doing it, we become mere political short-sellers, hoping for bad news because it's good for our ideological investment. — Kurt Andersen

My veins do not end in me but in the unanimous blood of those who struggle for life, love, things, landscape and bread, the poetry of all. — Roque Dalton

You can judge the moral bearing of a political system, a political institution, a political man by the degree of danger they attach to the fact of being observed through the eyes of a satiric poet. — Roque Dalton

I believe the world is beautiful, and poetry, like bread, is for everyone. — Roque Dalton

So many details came into focus. The shape of his lips, the line of his neck. "I'm not dangerous," I breathed.
He brought his face toward mine. "You are to me."
And somehow, against all reason, we were kissing. I closed my eyes, and the world around me faded. — Richelle Mead

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees. — Marcel Proust

Maturity ... is knowing what your limitations are ... Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. — Kurt Vonnegut

Now called for something drastically un-running away. Now called for
what? Suddenly I had it. Now called for being a librarian! (
Sally Jay Gorce) — Elaine Dundy

That was Ross's cue. During the investigation, he was responsible for setting up and monitoring the electromagnetic equipment, the digital video cameras, the infrared — Jodi Picoult

I've got to
decide:
kill myself or
love myself? — Charles Bukowski

It's always been him saving me ... and I'm not used to that. — Ann Aguirre

Most undercover cops are vastly skilled at compartmentalization. It is a talent as valued as lying. They seal off their real feelings and create imitation emotions. Easily torn down when it's time to show the badge, drag someone downtown, and sit across from him in an interrogation cell and tell him how fucked he is now. — Charlie Huston

I don't believe in angels but the moon is now dead for me. The last glass of wine is gone before the thirst I'm suffering from. The blue grass lost its way running away from your sails. — Roque Dalton

Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.' 'Excellent!' exclaimed Stas, 'and what is a good one?' This time the answer came without any reflection: 'If Kali takes away the cow of somebody else, that is a good deed.' Stas was too young to perceive that similar views of evil and good deeds were enunciated in Europe not only by politicians but by whole nations. — Henryk Sienkiewicz

Just think about it: in every shop in the reading world since 1956, there has been two feet of book-space devoted to Tolkien. — John Rhys-Davies

The rose blinds the sharpshooting champions. — Roque Dalton

If you skillfully follow the multidisciplinary path, you will never wish to come back. It would be like cutting off your hands. — Charlie Munger