Koraida Quotes & Sayings

Sarcasm doesn't suit you, Melissa,' Graham growled. 'Really? I've always thought it brings out my eyes. — Christine Warren

You must understand that at that time, the concentration camps were prisons where opponents of the Nazi regime were detained. Von Schuschnigg was in a concentration camp; so was Bruno Bettelheim for a time. The inmates were made to work at hard labor and lived in dreadful conditions, but they often came back from these places. Not until the 1940s did the words "concentration camp" come to stand for monstrous cruelty and almost certain death. Nobody even imagined there would one day be a death camp like Auschwitz. — Edith Hahn Beer

When I'm in London, it feels like I am that character who is 'Tom Odell.' — Tom Odell

Kings had their clowns, the people their actors and musicians. Shakespeare was scheduled as a servant. It is thus that successful stupidity has always treated genius. — Robert Green Ingersoll

People respond faster to you on a text than an e-mail. Why is that? Why will they ignore an e-mail, but get back to a text? — Gayle King

There's a reason prophets perform miracles; language lacks the power to describe faith. — Mohsin Hamid

It is anticipation and recollection that fill the heart - never the sensation of the moment. — Roger Zelazny

Humility comes from how you come at the world. Confidence comes from how you come at yourself. — Greg Jackson

I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring. — Daniel Radcliffe

What's a philosopher?' said Brutha.
Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head. — Terry Pratchett

I hate to tell you this," Jason said, "but I think your leopard just ate a goddess. — Rick Riordan

In the castle of Koraida was found a great quantity of pikes, lances, cuirasses, and other armor ; and its lands were covered with flocks and herds and camels. In dividing the spoil each foot-soldier had one lot, each horseman three ; two for his horse, and one for himself. A fifth part of the whole was set apart for the prophet. The most precious prize in the eyes of Mahomet was Rihana, daughter of Simeon, a wealthy and powerful Jew ; and the most beautiful female of her tribe. He took her to himself, and, having converted her to the faith, added her to the number of his wives. But, though thus susceptible of the charms of the Israelitish women, Mahomet became more and more vindictive in his hatred of the men ; no longer putting faith in their covenants, and suspecting them of the most insidious attempts upon his life. — Washington Irving

When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didn't have an adult fantasy list. They had science fiction lists, which they stuck a little bit of fantasy into. — Terri Windling

They felt kind of like dolls, with Ali arranging their every move. — Sara Shepard

When indeed you positively press your face, so to speak, against the crystalline window of your eyes, your mind is apt to become a perfect vacuum.
("Out Of The Deep") — Walter De La Mare