Jefferds Tavern Quotes & Sayings

AFTER WE DO THE WASHING-UP, I GET TO SPEND THE REST OF the evening reading FAQs on cat maintenance on the web. It takes about half an hour to come to the unwelcome realization that they're almost as complex as home-brew gaming PCs, and have even more failure modes. (When your gaming PC malfunctions it doesn't stealthily dump core in your shoes.) — Charles Stross

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. — Confucius

I had this almost Dickensian look. I was quite fragile. — Rod Stewart

All things flourish, and each returns to its source. — Laozi

While no amount of financial wealth can guarantee an experience of prosperity, it is possible to experience prosperity at almost any level of income, except when we are unable to meet our basic physical needs. — Shakti Gawain

I know you'll do what's best for Annabeth."
"How can you be sure?"
"Because she'd do the same for you. — Rick Riordan

There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored. The reader of today looks for this motion, and rightly so, but what he has forgotten is the cost of it. His sense of evil is diluted or lacking altogether, and so he has forgotten the price of restoration. When he reads a novel, he wants either his sense tormented or his spirits raised. He wants to be transported, instantly, either to mock damnation or a mock innocence. — Flannery O'Connor

The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. — Miguel De Unamuno

There is no perfect spaghetti sauce. There are perfect spaghetti sauces. — Howard Moskowitz

Hordes of people on the street, lighted Christmas trees sparkling high on penthouse balconies and complacent Christmas music floating out of shops, and weaving in and out of crowds I had a strange feeling of being already dead, — Donna Tartt

I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events. — Kara Walker

You're so fucking hot, you know that?" Kelly whispered.
"I bet you tell that to all your oldest friends as you're jacking them off."
Kelly snickered and arched his back, seeking contact. "No, just you. — Abigail Roux

Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too! — Matthew Arnold

Remember that you are much different now than you were an hour ago, Ceony. Before you merely read about magic; now you have it. Denying it won't make you return to ordinary. — Charlie N. Holmberg

See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer. — Mickey Lolich