Il Cacciatore Di Aquiloni Quotes & Sayings

He looked up to the gods but never accepted their eternal superiority. For better or worse, plotting their overthrow was the only aspiration that stoked the fires of destiny. Such an exalted ambition was worthy of a man who had long accomplished the chore of dominating human minds. A man so terrified of finding himself alone in a stratosphere where no one could understand just how exceptional he was. In that place, the presumed existence of gods was a great comfort, especially in a profession in which his rivals were mere mortals. — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

I want to go back to the Pantanal in Brazil. I've never been to sub-Saharan Africa. I'd like to take my Caravan over there and do a flying safari. I've never flown to Alaska. — Harrison Ford

Why is the moon shaped like that?" he asked.
"It's a heart," Meg replied. "Haven't you seen this symbol before?"
"Sure. But it's not the thumpy-thump good-eating kind of heart."
"It's a romantic heart." She looked up and narrowed her eyes. "Is that why you shelved the kissy books with the cookbooks? Because a heart is a heart? — Anne Bishop

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose. — Joy Bryant

He said that if you were able to look at the crows really closely, you would see that their eyes were stolen baubles, like buttons or marbles.
To get real eyes, they had to steal them from children. Older people's eyes were too set in their ways of looking and would be no good for a crow. That's why people don't let their children out after dark. The crow who stole the eyes of a real child was king. With a piece of plastic they could just see what was in front of them, but with a child's eyes, they could see the whole world. — Heather O'Neill

In small communities, she believed, people are more accountable to one another. Serious misbehavior is harder to get away with, harder even to begin when everyone who sees you knows who you are, where you live, who your family is, and whether you have any business doing what you're doing. — Octavia E. Butler

Within the chaos of our shame and disappointment and rage there is meaning, and within that meaning is the possibility of rescue. — Cheryl Strayed

I wish that I could love someone so much that I would die from it. — Jamaica Kincaid

But if it couldn't be love and it didn't feel like lust, what was it? Like? Did he like her? Of course, he did, but that word didn't capture his feelings, either. It was a little too ... vague and soft around the edges. People liked ice cream. People liked to watch television. It meant nothing, and it didn't come close to explaining why, for the first time, he felt the urge to tell someone the truth ... — Nicholas Sparks

Today is the most important day of your life. Enjoy it with all of your heart. Don't worry about tomorrow, leave it for tomorrow. — Debasish Mridha