Quotes & Sayings About Illuminated Manuscripts

Warriors are never appreciated in peacetime except by those they saved during the war. — Evan Currie

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus. - Heb. 10:19 — A.W. Tozer

There was a house we all had in common and it was called the past, even though we'd lived in different rooms. — Angela Carter

When it comes to flying, I am a nervous passenger but a confident drinker and Valium-swallower. — Martin Amis

I don't know if I have any particular views about women in positions of power, though I do think it's more difficult for women, particularly in a Medieval setting. They have the additional problem that they're a woman and people don't want them in a position of power in an essentially patriarchal society. — George R R Martin

I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem old-fashioned, I'm sure, like the time of illuminated manuscripts. — Edwidge Danticat

It's good to know that I'm not the only unsuicidal person thinking about killing herself. — Samantha Schutz

A choice is like a jigsaw puzzle, darling troll. Your worries are the corner pieces, and your hopes are the edge pieces, and you, Hawthorn, dearest of boys, are the middle pieces, all funny-shaped and stubborn. But the picture, the picture was there all along, just waiting for you to get on with it. — Catherynne M Valente

The Persian's mind, like his illuminated manuscripts, does not deal in perspective: two thousand years, if he happens to know anything about them, are as exciting as the day before yesterday ... — Freya Stark

I felt like a man who wakes alone on a deserted island to find that the rest of the world has stolen away in boats in the night. I felt like I was standing on a shore, watching small receding shapes on the horizon. I felt like I had been speaking English, and now I realized everyone else had been speaking a different language entirely. The world was changing. And I didn't want it to. — Lee Child

Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already. — Baltasar Gracian

It might go down better than appearing as a giant reptile encased in a ball of fire and forcing yourself on her.'
'WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BRING THAT UP? — Meg Rosoff

I'm actively looking at pilots in the very limited pilot season that is about to begin. Lots of work for my clothing line which is extremely exciting. — Alyssa Milano

The Paradox of Change: People can only change when they feel accepted as they are now. Dr. Arnold Beisser Pg 220 — John Kuypers

Good politicians need not be intellectuals, but they should have intellectual lives. — Gary Gutting

I have strong sentiments toward Iran, since I distinguish between the Iranian regime and the Iranian people. I highly esteem Iranian music and culture. — Moshe Katsav