Gotthardt St Quotes & Sayings

Control thought of the theories as "slow death by," given the context: Slow death by aliens. Slow death by parallel universe. Slow death by malign unknown time-traveling force. Slow death by invasion from an alternate earth. Slow death by wildly divergent technology or the shadow biosphere or symbiosis or iconography or etymology. Death by this and by that. Death by indifference and inference. His favorite: "Surface-dwelling terrestrial organism, previously unknown." Hiding where all of these years? In a lake? — Jeff VanderMeer

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, Whom will we serve? — Frederick William Faber

Leo didn't usually think of the ukulele as a sad instrument. (Pathetic, sure. But not sad.) Yet the tune Apollo strummed was so melancholy it broke Leo's feels. — Rick Riordan

It is true that a population which is growing older needs to save, but the question is in what form the savings are made. — Peter Bofinger

No one could face battle without caring for something. — Rick Riordan

We create things to watch them grow, Ruin, she said. To take pleasure in seeing that which we love become more than it was before. — Brandon Sanderson

If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die — Natsuo Kirino

There is no pleasure pure and simple, and some care always
comes to mar our joys. — Ovid

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing. — Christina Aguilera

Do you miss Wales?" Tessa inquired.
Will shrugged lightly. "What's to miss? Sheep and singing," he said. "And the ridiculous language. Fe hoffwn i fod mor feddw, fyddai ddim yn cofio fy enw."
"What does that mean?"
"It means 'I wish to get so drunk I no longer remember my own name,' Quite useful. — Cassandra Clare

You didn't weld it shut or anything like that?"
"Yes, stupid me, I forgot. — Alastair Reynolds

What Republicans have actually put on the table is almost nothing. All of the rest is just big talk. So how is the president supposed to negotiate with people who say, 'Here's my demands. By the way, I can't give you any specifics. Just make me happy'? — Paul Krugman