Esveld Aceretum Quotes & Sayings

The capitalist can only make a whole people go to war ... by capturing the popular will. The only prophylactic against that situation is to make the public aware of the way in which it is being misled. — Norman Angell

We weren't lovers, but in a way we had opened ourselves to each other even more deeply than lovers do. — Haruki Murakami

Human suffering, while it is asleep, is shapeless. If it is wakened it takes the form of the waker. — Antonio Porchia

To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods and heroes may have powers, but they get angry and they do the wrong thing. They are human too. — Rick Riordan

What do you mean Taurus? he frowns. I'm not a Taurus.

You were born on the cusp, I remind him. Jason merely shrugs.

Shows what you know, Scotty, I was born in Ohio.

I can take him anywhere but out. — Steve Kluger

Whenever you think of color you must think of us. — Gautam Sen

the line between hunter and hunted can be as small as a single moment of unreadiness. — J.A. McLachlan

I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question. — Victoria Woodhull

Only shadow can fight shadow.Only darkness can defeath the dark. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Science is the study of what Is, Engineering builds what Will Be. The scientist merely explores that which exists, while the engineer creates what has never existed before. — Theodore Von Karman

Ultimately a regulation is a signal of design failure ... it is what we call a license to harm: a permit issued by a government to an industry so that it may dispense sickness, destruction, and death at an "acceptable" rate. — William McDonough

In creating a family, we fulfill our greatest purpose on earth. — D. Todd Christofferson