Dragonwyck Quotes & Sayings

Yes," Nicholas replied, in a bored voice. "The name is Dutch. Dragonwyck, meaning place of the dragon. It derives from an Indian legend about a flying serpent whose eyes were fire and whose flaming breath withered the corn."
"Heavens!" With a light laugh, Miranda asked her new employer if the red men had sent forth a champion to do battle with the dragon.
The patroon's face was dark, unsmiling. "To appease him the wise men of the tribe sacrificed a pure maiden on the rocky bluff you see above you."
Miranda's laughter died. Something in Nicholas Van Ryn's cruel, handsome features made her imagine herself in the Indian maiden's place. — Anya Seton

Teaching is an art and a profession requiring years of training. — Dick Cavett

I get asked quite often if I'm an anarchist. If they want to put a label on me, that's fine. What is most important to me is to live in a world that is not being murdered. — Derrick Jensen

This is the mystery. When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything. When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything. So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others, and you will be helped by others. Before you make your own way you cannot help anyone, and no one can help you. To — Shunryu Suzuki

Sex is free fun for poor people. — Doug Stanhope

Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you. — Tony Hsieh

Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes. — Criss Jami

What was the point of hide-and-seek if you weren't allowed to dig pit traps or attack your opponents from behind? That — Seanan McGuire

Just once, I'd love to be heartbroken because someone loved me and left me, instead of heartbroken because I never got on that train at all. — Kristan Higgins

If I say 'there is no God', I disrespect your belief; how when you say 'there is a God' you do not disrespect mine? — M.F. Moonzajer