Hranilac Quotes & Sayings

It's by the king's decree," the man said. "The strong have always taken from the weak, — George R R Martin

All you do is learn how to fight a war," Nyx said. "Nobody ever teaches you how to stop. — Kameron Hurley

Instead of imitating me, you simply loiter. — Dejan Stojanovic

1. "Mistress Jamieson" tells Mary when they meet: "My mother likes to say some people choose the path of danger on their own, for it is how the Lord did make them, and they never will be changed." Do you agree? Was it more true in the past than today? Did Mary purposely choose a path of danger? Who else? 2. The author has people in her own life with Asperger's syndrome who helped her with Sara's character. What was it like to be in the point of view of a person with Asperger's syndrome? Did you have any preconceived ideas about Asperger's? Did they change? 3. Journeys (physical and otherwise) are a prevalent theme in many of Susanna Kearsley's books. What journeys can you identify in this book, past and present? How do they differ for female and male characters? 4. Mary takes "Mistress Jamieson" as a role model. "She — Susanna Kearsley

I tore all the roses off a single sad bush and threw them, one after the other, into the angry sea. — E. Lockhart

There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. — John Langdon-Davies

Sometimes it gets talked about as if life is all about the individual, and I don't think it is. I'm really interested in what writing can contribute to a kind of cultural intelligence. — Alison Hawthorne Deming

Movements are not radical. Movements are the American way. A small group of abolitionists writing and speaking eventually led to the end of slavery. A few stirred-up women brought about women's voting. The Populist movement, the Progressive movement, the anti-Vietnam War movement, the women's movement - the examples go on and on of 'little people' getting together and telling the truth about their lives. They made our government act. — Unita Blackwell

Approach the enemy with the attitude of defeating him without delay. — Miyamoto Musashi

Trouble can often be traced to a single strong individual - the stirrer, the arrogant underling, the poisoner of goodwill. If you allow such people room to operate, others will succumb to their influence. Do not wait for the troubles they cause to multiply, do not try to negotiate with them - they are irredeemable. Neutralize their influence by isolating or banishing them. Strike at the source of the trouble and the sheep will scatter. — Robert Greene

The most difficult part of dating is the initial invitation. — Janell Carroll

We're disappointed because you think the neighborhood is safe, it's very quiet here. — Elizabeth Oakes Smith

The unease of the tour is not the discomfort of being problematically present - South Central mediated by air-conditioning vents - so much as the discomfort of an abiding absence - a pattern of always being elsewhere, far away, our of ear- and eye- and gun-shot, humming beach to bistro along the Pacific Coast Highway. — Leslie Jamison