Descended From Odin Quotes & Sayings

She died a few days later, and her death buried once and for all the intrigues between the Precious Wife, the Gracious Wife, and all the Imperial favorites. Rivalries and alliances, loathing and attraction had been dissolved. Their existence had been a pointless tragedy, just as the talent of one prodigious poetess had been. — Shan Sa

Love's absence ailed me. I could not imagine loving my husband. He was a superior and I did not know how to love and be subservient together. Nor had he ever thought of me as a human being, let alone a woman. For no reason had he ever softened towards me, I had stirred him that little. — Tehmina Durrani

Everyone's an equal shareholder. Birth shares are inalienable, and death duties are unavoidable. The estate tax is one hundred per cent. In between, you can buy and sell and earn as much as you like. — Ken MacLeod

The greatest victory is defeat. — Henrik Ibsen

The cultural influences in our country are like the floo floo bird. I am referring to the peculiar and especial bird who always flew backward. To keep the wind out of its eyes? No. Just because it didn't give a darn where it was going, but just had to see where it had been. — Frank Lloyd Wright

My window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car. — Augusten Burroughs

The right guy gets the girl, remember? I'm going to show you who that guy is. — Melissa Brown

Poetry ain't what you'd call truth. There ain't room enough in the verses. — Neil Gaiman

I love movies that are saying things that people might find odd at times. I don't find them odd at all. They give me comfort. — Jake Gyllenhaal

Contemplating the misfortunes of others does not lighten one's own trouble but instead adds to it. — Mignon G. Eberhart

The universe takes us as seriously as we take it. — Marianne Williamson

North Carolina is temperate and populated with well-meaning people; therefore I will engage in oral sex with another man. — David Sedaris

Serving Leaders direct credit to others. — Ken Jennings

The Army can be family. The Army can be religion. — Adnan Sarwar

It became a gamble to myself whether I was able to do the exact same film ["Funny Games"]under very different circumstances. — Michael Haneke