Engenhos Mortais Quotes & Sayings

Do you really think that laws made by men and a justice system maintained by men will ever be fair in cases of rape?
Nora Hawks from One Bullet Beyond Justice — Dennis R. Miller

I now see the necessity of a beginning. — Albert Einstein

I write because I want more than one life; I insist on a wider selection. It's greed, plain and simple. When my characters join the circus, I'm joining the circus. Although I'm happily married, I spent a great deal of time mentally living with incompatible husbands. — Anne Tyler

Our lives should be written in stone. Paper is too temporary - too easy to rewrite. — Hiroshi Sakurazaka

Always accepting the greatest joy of all is the time that I get to spend with my wife. — James Lipton

She had walked to the brink, abandoning all belief, and just before the bitter end, she was pulled from the abyss by faith. — Sage Steadman

The light of the future casts the shadows of tomorrow. — Sun Ra

My father usually agreed with her requests, because stamped in his two-footed stance and jaw was the word Provider, and he loved her the way a bird-watcher's heart leaps when he hears the call of the roseate spoonbill, a fluffy pink wader, calling its lilting coo-coo from the mangroves. — Aimee Bender

Anders looked up and saw Rik's chocolate eyes. Even though they were brown, a closer look revealed a blue corona around the dark, almost mahogany brown irises. He'd seen a piece of agate like that once on a dig; a perfect marriage of brown and blue in the depths of a broken stone. — Caraway Carter

He looked at me like I was beautiful. — Lauren Oliver

I can't imagine writing something that didn't address Jewish themes and questions. It's such a big part of my life, a lot of the way in which I experience the world. — Molly Antopol

Joblessness gives you control over the product of your life — Sunday Adelaja

When it comes to education all obstacles must be removed. This must become a priority for humanity. — Alex Zar

There's nothing like sitting in a completely quiet room, and then the strings start up. It's like when you go to the cinema - the first two or three minutes of any film are amazing. Because the screen is so big. The scale. Directors can pretty much do anything for those first few minutes. — Jonny Greenwood

I think of death these days as a companion I long to meet. — Jennifer Lynch