Ichimei Akita Quotes & Sayings

In their infinite wisdom, the Admiralty approved Alek's medal for bravery in the air on the very same day the United States entered the war.
The timing seemed suspicious to Deryn, and of course the medal wasn't for anything useful, like shutting down Tesla's weapon to save the Leviathan. Instead Alek was to be decorated for blundering about on the ship's topside during a storm, and for his great skill in falling over and knocking himself silly. That was the Admiralty for you. — Scott Westerfeld

Looking back, one of the things I love most about my mom was that she never, ever relented. She stuck to her guns right up until the end. She wasn't abusive, but she was never that thrilled that I was gay. — Rufus Wainwright

'Shadow Hero' was my first superhero story. I don't know why it took so long. — Gene Luen Yang

If we are not graced with an instinctive knowledge of how to make our technologized world a safe and balanced ecosystem, we must figure out how to do it. We need more scientific research and more technological restraint. It is probably too much to hope that some great Ecosystem Keeper in the sky will reach down and put right our environmental abuses. It is up to us. It should not be impossibly difficult. Birds - whose intelligence we tend to malign - know not to foul the nest. Shrimps with brains the size of lint particles know it. Algae know it. One-celled microorganisms know it. It is time for us to know it too. — Carl Sagan

You were loved then and you are loved now. Isn't that enough? — Jeanette Winterson

Idiomatic expressions like "hungry as a horse" persisted for decades after the last horse had perished. — Kat Ross

Sometimes for the spectators a great magic effect is worth a life's experience. — Amit Kalantri

It's hard to reconcile my personal beliefs with an entire institution like the Church or the Republicans. Or with people within those political persuasions who have such different ideologies but confess the same things I confess spiritually. — Sufjan Stevens

...the shadows thrown by a single candle flame often can be more frightening that total darkness. — Neil Abramson

That's Carlos?" Phineas lowered his sword and whistled under his breath. "Hello, kitty. — Kerrelyn Sparks

The Old Guard dies but it never surrenders. — Margaret Mitchell

Their country! There you are. Their filthy lies are all over you already. I was born here. My father was born here and so was my grandfather and his father before him. And then they come, they come and take it, steal it and call it theirs. — Americo Paredes

Life is sweet when you pay attention. When it doesn't seem sweet, put a sticker on your nose and do a funky dance. — Whitney Scott

A typical day in the Senate requires several trips to the Senate floor and back, although the journey is usually underground so that on some days, once I arrive at work, I never see the sun. — Jim Webb

A macho attitude is totally to my advantage. Guys try to hit it 400 feet out of the park, but in softball you have to use a short, quick swing. Big, huge swings equal big, huge strikeouts. — Jennie Finch