Graebrok Quotes & Sayings

Melisande lay in bed in the loft of her cottage in Graebrok Forest north of Odr. Wide awake and blinking in the dark, she listened to the mice above her head. Nearly a moon past, her swordsman had repaired a crack in the eaves before returning to the towers and yards of Merhafr, the great port on the Njorth Sea, where he served as a King's Ranger. His name was Othin, taken from a god of wisdom, trickery and war. What such a one knew of carpentry, well, that was open to question. But he knew other things. Nice things. — F.T. McKinstry

Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word "freedom" should ever be more than an empty political slogan. — Wilhelm Reich

Every year when it's Chinese New Year here in New York, there are fireworks going off at all hours. New York mothers calm their frightened children by telling them it's just gunfire. — David Letterman

It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time. — Mark Twain

I'm a movie guy - I can get lost in anything. — Chaske Spencer

The growing influence of focus groups means we are all in danger of being excessively cowed by their feedback. — Charles Kennedy

If you want to be immortal, don't ever think about retirement. — Toba Beta

I think I need to give you a hockeymacation."
"Hockeymacation?"
"Yes, I am going to school you in the art of hockey"
"What! Seriously?"
"Yes, you need to be educated. — Toni Aleo

Songwriting is a great release. It helps me work through things. — Jo Dee Messina

No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new. — Rachel Held Evans

God' is the name given to the most 'important' human idea. In English, as in other languages, the original sense of the word is obscure. But the character of the name is the same in all languages: it is a question. 'God' is the question 'Is there something more important than, something besides, man? — Laura Riding

Dating isn't a natural need; it is a social want. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature. — George Washington

It taught me to hope," said he, "as I had scarcely ever allowed myself to hope before." Mr. Darcy - Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen

Booze is flowing all unknowing; grandma downs a few, smiles and giggles happily enjoying her new brew. — Francis Norris, 1st Earl Of Berkshire

I shall lie folded like a saint,
Lapped in a scented linen sheet,
On a bedstead striped with bright-blue paint,
Narrow and cold and neat. — Elinor Wylie