Harry Flashman Quotes & Sayings

It is not the young man who should be considered fortunate but the old man who has lived well, because the young man in his prime wanders much by chance, vacillating in his beliefs, while the old man has docked in the harbor, having safeguarded his true happiness. — Epicurus

We just philosophize, complain of boredom, or drink vodka. It's so clear, you see, that if we're to begin living in the present, we must first of all redeem our past and then be done with it forever. And the only way we can redeem our past is by suffering and by giving ourselves over to exceptional labor, to steadfast and endless labor. — Anton Chekhov

The biggest battle is the war against ignorance. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The God understood as a father figure, who guided ultimate personal decisions, answered our prayers, and promised rewards and punishment based upon our behavior was not designed to call anyone into maturity. — John Shelby Spong

Thoughts of fear have been known to kill a man as speedily as a bullet, and they are continually killing thousands of people just as surely though less rapidly. The — James Allen

He edged closer to his father's bones and sinews. Penny slipped an arm around him and he lay close against the lank thigh. His father was the core of safety. His father swam the swift creek to fetch back his wounded dog. The clearing was safe, and his father fought for it, and for his own. A sense of snugness came over him and he dropped asleep. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

For nowadays the world is lit by lightning! Blow out your candles, Laura
and so goodbye ... — Tennessee Williams

The steam-engine I call fire-demon and great; but it is nothing to the invention of fire. — Thomas Carlyle

Women and rhythm-section first!? — Jaco Pastorius

I ignored the teasing tone of the man who stood beside me, the four-hundred-year-old Master vampire who ruled Chicago's Cadogan House and the parts of my heart that weren't devoted to great books and good pizza. — Chloe Neill

When autumn returns with its long anticipated holidays, and preparations are made for a scamper in some distant locality, hammer and notebook will not occupy much room in the portmanteau, and will certainly be found most entertaining company. — Archibald Geikie

-You know
Eddis hesitated, not sure how far to push the Attolian Queen.
-Go on. Attolia inclined her head.
-I was going to say that you look like a polecat when you smile like that.
-Do I? Attolia still smiled. -You look a little vulpine yourself.
The two queens sat for a moment in happy agreement. — Megan Whalen Turner