Godshawk Quotes & Sayings

I don't remember the whole thing, because it was very long, but Atticus recited it for me once, and there was a line that went like this: "Cry ham hock and let slip the hogs of war!" I know you might not agree, but for me that was the best thing Shakespeare ever wrote."

You mean, "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" from Julius Caesar?

"No, I don't think that's it. There was ham in there; I'm sure he was talking about ham. They were going to battle hunger."

I think you might have been hungry when you heard it, Oberon. — Kevin Hearne

Sixth grade was a big time, in my childhood, of hoops and friendship, and coming up with funny things. — Adam Sandler

Whatever exists at all exists in some amount. To know it thoroughly involves knowing its quantity as well as its quality. — Edward Thorndike

Oh how lovely to hear the birds!' an elderly friend recently exclaimed. I smiled, 'Yes, isn't it?' Actually it reminded me of living in my ex's flat; those early mornings being woken up by the incessant chirping of baby birds and myself at the window with an air rifle. Good times. Because that's the other thing about working alone for long periods of time, you begin to get nostalgic about all the rubbish. — Emily Benet

In suffering, we resurrect our souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

What is this place? Heaven? <> Ha. <> You're supposed to say, It's Iowa. — Rainbow Rowell

Prayer for a Time of Suffering O Lord Jesus, by your incomparable sadness and by the unparalleled desolation that seized your divine heart on the Mount of Olives and on the Cross, and by the desolation of your dear Mother when she lost you, be our joy, or at least be our strength, now while your Cross and Passion are so closely joined to our hearts. — Francis De Sales

When you are ready to travel,everything is straight in your path,but when you planning to travel you will face only hurdles. — Pavankumar Nagaraj

Godshawk looked surprised, the way that people generally do when you ask them philosophical questions in shrubberies in the middle of the night. — Philip Reeve

fraction of a second, before asking, — Barbara Taylor Bradford

I have never been one of those who cares about happiness. Happiness is a strange notion. I am just not made for it. It has never been a goal of mine; I do not think in those terms. — Werner Herzog

The machine will grind you down, but the machine is not bigger than the imagination. Rome fell in a day. We know this. — Suheir Hammad

Thanks to health reform, women across the country with private insurance can get birth control without paying out of pocket. This lets women make the health care decisions that are right for them and puts every one of us in charge of our own reproductive health. — Ann McLane Kuster