Illuel Quotes & Sayings

For whatever reason, I tend to get reporters who are maybe in the middle of intense therapy, and they turn what's supposed to be a professional interview into therapy for themselves. — Douglas Coupland

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

from Steelheart (Reckoners #1)
by Brandon Sanderson — Brandon Sanderson

Where is Polonius?
HAMLET
In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby. — William Shakespeare

Verily we are from God, and to Him shall we return! — Baha'u'llah

How to Win a Fight - Step 1: Always make eye contact. Step 2: Go ahead and use henchmen - these days it's unnecessary and frowned upon to fight your own battles, especially with so many henchmen out of work. Step 3: Run lots of attack ads - I have run about 500 attack ads this year, and I expect that I will buy even more air time next year, because my enemies are getting stronger. — John Hodgman

Always eat the bagel. — Cassandra Clare

But how we should care for other people remains a question. In his discussion of efforts to control childhood obesity, the philosopher Michael Merry defines paternalism as "interference with the liberty of another for the purposes of promoting some good or preventing some harm." This type of paternalism, he notes, is reflected in traffic laws, gun control, and environmental regulations. These are limits to liberty, even if they are benevolent. Interfering with the parenting of obese children, he argues, is not necessarily benevolent. There is risk in assigning risk. — Eula Biss

I'm a lot of things, but rational where the people I love are concerned has never been one of them. — Seanan McGuire

I'm not me without you. — T. Torrest

When regard for truth has been broken down or even slightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful. — Saint Augustine

Nonviolent campaigns against authoritarian regimes are twice as likely to succeed as violent ones. — Anonymous

However light-hearted you try to be about it, the loss of youth, and everything that goes with it, is quite a trauma. — Julian Clary

If you don't know how, why pretend? — Huang E

Proud people keep others at arm's length. Broken people are willing to take the risks of getting close to others and loving intimately. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss