John Desko Quotes & Sayings

And what of my extended family-birds, beasts, and reptiles? They too have drowned. Every single thing I value in life has been destroyed. And I am allowed no explanation? I am to suffer hell without any account from heaven? In that case, what is the purpose of reason, Richard Parker? Is it no more than to shine at practicalities-the getting of food, clothing and shelter? Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch? (pg. 98) — Yann Martel

Nuclear is clear so near to fear and tear. — Toba Beta

Despite my smooth moves (which, honestly, was just feeling her up in the kitchen), Perry didn't succumb to my advances. — Karina Halle

You are a Queen, so even when they push you, don't take the crown off. — Alexandra Elle

Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him. — Virginia Satir

insurmountable problems hit your marriage, being happy becomes an arduous — S. Levine

The world is at stake, and I am going to sit here and eat breakfast!" I exclaimed and resisted him. — Claudia Caren

Ruthless destruction of an ego is a rather simple matter. Preserving the host deprived of an ego is a more delicate affair. How does a person engage in momentous battle with the self while simultaneously struggling to maintain their cerebral, emotive, and spiritual equilibrium in the thin air of consciousness? How assiduously does an agitated mind need to work in order to achieve the elusive degree of emotional and mental quietness that I seek? — Kilroy J. Oldster

If I could smoke from more than one orifice, I most certainly would. — Graham Parker

She looked up from closing it to find Jace watching her through hooded eyes. "And one last thing," he said. He reached over and pulled the sparking pins out of her hair, so that it fell in warm heavy curls down her neck. The sensation of hair tickling her bare skin was unfamiliar and oddly pleasant. "Much better," he said, and she thought this time that maybe his voice was uneven too. — Cassandra Clare

The vigour, and power, and comfort of our spiritual life depends on the mortification of the deeds of the flesh. — John Owen

We are a fighting nation, continually struggling to overcome diseases from within ... and to face up to foreign intervention from without. — Sukarno

You don't get it, Clary. You don't understand what it's like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it's not your fault. It's just how you were brought up- — Cassandra Clare