Fossegrims Quotes & Sayings

You used to think your scars were your kryptonite. To me they've always made you seem like a superhero. — Posy Roberts

Volition ... takes place only when there are a number of conflicting systems of ideas, and depends on our having a complex field of consciousness. — William James

Books follow morals, and not morals books. — Theophile Gautier

If you fulfill your obligations everyday you don't need to worry about the future. — Jordan B. Peterson

Insight into soul-action, ability to discriminate the genuine from the sham and capacity to further one and discourage the other. — John Dewey

Ben starts. "I Spy with my little eye something I really like."
"Oh I know," Radar says. "It's the taste of balls."
"No."
"Is it the taste of penises?" I guess.
"No, dumbass."
"Hmm," says Radar. "Is it the smell of balls?"
"The texture of balls? — John Green

I'd recognized it only recently. I wasn't sure if it was because she had changed or I had, but it didn't really matter. I recognized it just the same ... If you just noticed the shiny veneer on the outside, they'd always look perfect. So you had to peer closer, watch them when they didn't think they were being watched. Eventually, you'd notice the dings. — Allison Winn Scotch

No, child," Nona said. "We were victims of the faeries' pride and greed."
"Victims? Sorry, but most of you don't seem very victimish to me. What about hags, and fossegrims, and redcaps, and all the other sharp-toothed nasties" - I looked pointedly at the dragon - "in your group? I don't feel very bad for anything that's spent all those centuries preying on innocent people."
"It makes sense," Arianna said, her voice soft but thoughtful.
"What?"
"When you introduce an alien species into a new environment, it has to adapt or die out. And usually the way it adapts it by preying on the native species. Look at the dodo birds. They were fine until people came to their island with cats and dogs and pigs, then they became prey."
"You do realize you just compared our entire race to dodo birds."
She shrugged. "If they were never meant to be here in the first place, it's not their fault they had to become predators."
"Thank you, Animal Planet. — Kiersten White

Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way. — Josh Billings

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health. — Andrew Weil

Missionary activity is not so much the work of the church as simply the Church at work. — David Bosch

I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it. — Neil Gaiman

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. — John Irving

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.
Ameila Peabody — Elizabeth Peters

BARQI: AESTHETICS IS ONLY THE LOWEST FORM OF PERCEPTION OF THE REAL. — Idries Shah