Flor Silvestre Quotes & Sayings

In ancient Rome, when a victorious general paraded through the streets, legend has it that he was sometimes trailed by a servant whose job it was to repeat to him, " Memento Mori": Remember you will die. A reminder of mortality would help the hero keep things in perspective, instill some humility. Job's memento mori had been delivered by his doctors, but it did not instill humility. Instead he roared back after his recovery with even more passion. The illness reminded him that he had nothing to lose, so he should forge ahead full speed. " He came back on a mission," said Cook. " Even though he was now running a large company, he kept making bold moves that I don't think anybody else would have done. — Walter Isaacson

The day before my 16th birthday I got my guitar. — Stevie Nicks

I believe," he said gently, "we all have a perfect right to make ourselves unhappy if that is what we freely choose. But I am not sure we have the right to allow our own unhappiness to cause someone else's. The trouble with life sometimes is that we are all in it together. — Mary Balogh

Sometimes the worst kind of love teaches you the best lessons. — Ryan O'Connell

The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour. — Lincoln Child

Content with small pleasures and yet never really satisfied! — Hermann Hesse

Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their valleys can understand why I wish to describe and depict these magic scenes for others. — Mikhail Lermontov

You're not the only one who calls them that; the other Downworlders do the same," said Will. "I discovered that fact while investigating the symbol. I must have carried that knife through a hundred Downworld haunts, searching for someone who might recognize it. I offered a reward for information. Eventually the name of the Dark Sisters came to my ears."
"Downworld?" Tessa echoed, puzzled. "Is that a place in London?"
"Never mind that," said Will. "I'm boasting of my investigative skills, and I would prefer to do it without interruption. Where was I? — Cassandra Clare

To define is to kill. To suggest is to create. — Stephane Mallarme

Tyranny and fantasy both like to write everyone else's lines. — James Richardson

One of the downsides of being a poker pro is that people see exactly how you play. — Jason Alexander

Innovation is the fuel for growth. When a company runs out of innovation, it runs out of growth. — Gary Hamel

I don't know, Your Majesty. He's a mess. — Diana Wynne Jones

The notion that the mind and body are actually different sides of the same coin goes all the way back to the origins of medicine. For most of its history, the practice was not separated from other aspects of human activity. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend. — Hunter S. Thompson