Icarium Malazan Quotes & Sayings

Smart people doing stupid things are not smart at all ... — Kenneth G. Ortiz

It's important to be aware of how we treat others. Even though someone appears to shrug off a sideways comment or to not be affected by a rumor, it's impossible to know everything else going on in that person's life, how we might be adding to his/her pain. People do have an impact on the lives of others; that's undeniable. — Jay Asher

Mesmerized, all she can do is watch this piece of her life move off; all she can do is watch it and suffer. She is experiencing a brand-new feeling called nostalgia. That feeling, that irrepressible yearning to return, suddenly reveals to her the existence of the past, the power of the past, of her past; in the house of her life [ ... ] from now on her existence will be inconceivable without these feelings. — Milan Kundera

One of the things that happens in the world is that people try to avoid conflict. Whereas in the home, you can't. You'll end up getting divorced or becoming estranged from your kids. Keep in mind, the hardest part of any negotiation is agreeing to start it. Once you've gotten past that emotional barrier, the solutions usually present themselves. — Bruce Feiler

Don't gamble the future of your children and Malaysia; think and contemplate because your vote will determine not only the future of the country but also your grandchildren. — Najib Razak

My mission is to suffer for all those who suffer without knowing it. I must pay for them, expiate their unconsciousness, their luck to be ignorant of how unhappy they are. — Emile M. Cioran

Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. — W.C. Fields

How do we know what we believe we know? — Paul Watzlawick

Death to ourselves for the good of others requires getting involved in their troubles. Jesus put himself in the position necessary to sympathize with weak people: "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin" (Heb. 4:15). — Jeremy Pierre

We don't have a right to ask whether we're going to succeed or not. The only question we have a right to ask is what's the right thing to do? What does this earth require of us if we want to continue to live on it? — Wendell Berry

Traffic was very, very free. It was great. — Jim Capaldi

I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health. — Charles Barron

Now turn the page, come along on the ride, and let me tell you about the death and life of Charlie St. Cloud — Ben Sherwood

[..] the actual building was old and dilapidated and remained standing more out of habit than from any inherent structural integrity [..] — Douglas Adams