Ghikas Quotes & Sayings

As book collectors know all too well: We only regret our economies, never our extravagances. — Michael Dirda

Jaime, there is no secret. There is no magic. There is no way to know what the future holds. The point is that you're willing to take a chance. — Melanie Harlow

If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important ... It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun. — William James

Humankind demonstrates an unerring ability to witness beauty. By observing nature's beauty and striving to create beautiful things, humankind brokers its own salvation. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I spent centuries I your arms. This time our joining will be controlled by me, and you will revel in the pleasure I can bring you. Throw off the shackles of your distant goddess and come to me. Be my love, truly, in body as well as soul and I will give you the world! — P.C. Cast

If Judd Apatow called me, I'd do it without thinking about it. I think he does really fun movies. — Kimberly Elise

Aunt B walked out onto the helipad wearing loose yoga pants. "I'm just here to stretch. Kate, want to help?"
"Sure."
Thirty seconds later, as I was flying through the air, I decided that this wasn't the best idea. — Ilona Andrews

Reading every day keeps the brain dead sickness away. — Kristy Pellegrin

I was ten years old, and I was still playing conkers and knocking off sweet shops while she was sitting on the linoleum floor of her cell sawing at her wrists with a bit of broken glass she'd got from heaven-knows-were. Cut her fingers up, too, but she did it all right. They found her in the morning, sticky, red, and cold. — Neil Gaiman

Moaning about how his own brilliance disadvantaged him was not a recipe for popularity. Stanley was initially as isolated in high school as Shirley would be in Rochester: "miserably lonely, reading prodigiously, hating everyone, and wishing I had enough courage to talk to girls." One day a boy he recognized from class sat down next to him in the locker room. Stanley, trying to make conversation as he best knew how, asked his classmate if he read Poe. "No, I read very well, thank you," came the reply. Stanley responded huffily that he didn't think puns were very clever. "I don't either," said the other boy, "but they're something I can't help, like a harelip. — Ruth Franklin

Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself. — Byron Katie

Whatever hypnotizing charms I may have over boys, did not in fact work on three hundred pound girl elves. Not that I would ever try it again. — Cyndi Goodgame

Humans are about to grasp basic substances of all creations.
When that moment comes, life or death are no longer matters. — Toba Beta