Hastroll Quotes & Sayings

He ate when he wanted to, killed when he wanted to, and worked only when he wanted to. Unless, of course, he was with his mother, then he did everything she wanted to. — Mia Thompson

The sun was visible from Florida, but it hadn't gotten to me. — John D. MacDonald

The public, therefore, among a democratic people, has a singular power, which aristocratic nations cannot conceive; for it does not persuade others to its beliefs, but it imposes them and makes them permeate the thinking of everyone by a sort of enormous pressure of the mind of all upon the individual intelligence. — Alexis De Tocqueville

We'll be presenting a broad spectrum of the music and looking at how the younger guys can carry it on. — Keith Emerson

I read a lot of travel books before I came here. Fantasised what it would be like. I read Scott's journal. Those last entries as they froze to death in that tent. 'Had we lived, I should have made a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.' I got totally caught up in the romance."
"Scott was a self-aggrandising dick. — Adam Baker

For me, I haven't succeeded in any way whatsoever. — Rei Kawakubo

We tell stories of other people's marriages, Detective Hastroll thought. We are experts in their parables and parabolas. Be can we tell the story of our own. If we could, Hastroll thought, there might be no murders. If we could, we might avoid our own cruelties and crimes. — Adam Ross

One kiss leads to more. They will have so little of each other, they must take what they can. — Kendare Blake

Its easier to get a divorce than pass the driving test. Now its just a basic form-filling exercise. — Paul Coleridge