Eality King Quotes & Sayings

He described to her the house he had built for himself, in outside appearance a shack, but delightful inside, at least to him. A sleeping loft with a little round window. Everything he needed right where he could put his hand to it, out in the open, nothing in cupboards. A short walk from the house he had a bathtub sunk in the earth, in the middle of a bed of sweet herbs. He would carry hot water to it by the pailful and lounge there under the stars, even in the winter. He grew vegetables, and shared them with the deer.
(From the story "Powers") — Alice Munro

I was a wolf, she thought, but now I'm just a stupid little lady again. — George R R Martin

In dancing the Alman the young men sometimes steal the damsels from their partners and he who has been robbed seeks to obtain another damsel. But I do not hold with this behaviour because it may lead to quarrels and heart burning. — Thoinot Arbeau

I've never felt the breath of God - you can take that statement literally or metaphorically - more than when I was yearning for a personal, intimate connection to something bigger than me. — Vera Farmiga

Crowds exhibit a docile respect for force, And are but slightly impressed by kindness, Which for them is scarcely other than a form of weakness. Their sympathies have never been bestowed upon easy going masters, but the tyrants who vigorously oppressed them. It is to these latter that they always erect the loftiest statues. It is true that they willingly trample on the despot whom they have stripped of his power, but it is because having lost his power he resumes his place among the feeble who are to be despised because they are not to be feared. The type of hero dear to a crowd will always have the semblance of a Caesar, His insignia attract them, His authority overawes them, and his sword instils them with fear. — Gustave Le Bon

Hurt. Enough to want to make someone else hurt too. — Ellen Hopkins

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. — Tacitus

A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular States. — James Madison

Without my morning coffee I'm just like a dried up piece of roast goat. — Johann Sebastian Bach

My head cleared, and suddenly I had heart to fight again, to ignore pain and damage, to fight! I swear I saw myself, face purpled from strangling, the rich blood streaming and soaking and the smell so maddening. — Robin Hobb

Home is where I am. Remember that next time you decide you need to run away." I — Claire Contreras

Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it. — Leonardo Da Vinci

My own emotional feeling is that life has a purpose - ultimately,
I'd guess that the purpose it has is the purpose that we've given it and not a purpose that came out of any cosmic design. — Michio Kaku

As was the case in 'Darth Plagueis' - even going back as far as 'Cloak of Deception' - I was well aware that I was writing what used to be called 'men's adventure' fiction. — James Luceno

Happy Graduation," he said.
"Now go get her. — Jennifer E. Smith