Graciete Sardines Quotes & Sayings

she suddenly stood straighter. "He has dismissed me as his Companion, abandoned me just as he did all the other women who loyally served his father as Companions. It is not a shameful distinction. That he has done so speaks of who he is, not what I am."
p. 766: Serilla — Robin Hobb

One of the things I love about bound books is their sheer physicality. Electronic books live out of sight and out of mind. But printed books have body, presence. Sure, sometimes they'll elude you by hiding in improbable places: in a box full of old picture frames, say, or in the laundry basket, wrapped in a sweatshirt. But at other times they'll confront you, and you'll literally stumble over some tomes you hadn't thought about in weeks or years. I often seek electronic books, but they never come after me. The may make me feel, but I can't' feel them. They are all soul with no flesh, no texture and no weight. They can get in your head but can't whack you upside it. — Will Schwalbe

Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters. — Raymond Aron

Such is the great nature of man, it resides the true face beneath a glittering masquerade. — K. Hari Kumar

The idea made Mahlia's chest tighten. It was her own fantasy, the secret one she sometimes curled up to when she went to bed, knowing that it was stupid, but still wanting it, wanting it to somehow all make sense. — Paolo Bacigalupi

Truth travels slowly, but it will reach even you in time. — Benjamin Disraeli

Like so many nice people who seek power, I wanted to force everyone else to be nice. It's called totalitarianism. — Maajid Nawaz

This is a great position to be in. I don't really believe there is any fighter, in any decade that can be in my position of luxury that I've been in for many years. — Bernard Hopkins

Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

There is no point in launching technology before customers are ready to use it. — Peter Erskine

Yeah? Well, you and your snooty, all-knowing witches have never been to the moon. My people have, because it was there and it was a good thing to do," Lily said in her best Boston accent. "So bite my scientist-loving ass. — Josephine Angelini

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world. — Sadao Araki