Lessers Quotes & Sayings

Shit of ten horses," his twin said in the Old Language. "The new aftershave of the lessers," Phury muttered, rubbing his eyes. — J.R. Ward

Lessers were fewer and farther between now than ever, and there had been sightings, by others in the Brotherhood, of a very different kind of foe. — J.R. Ward

Soul and mind are the powers of mankind — Akinwale Musa Oluseun

The truth is, the abyss lives in us. In our greed. In the way we look at things different to us, and see things lesser. In the way we see the smaller, or the weaker, and think them prey.

It begins with the beasts of the land, the birds of the sky. And in a blinking, we find ourselves seeing our lessers in people with different colored skins. Different gods. Different creeds. We see them as lessers, and we hurt, and we kill, and we think nothing of it. Because they are different, we think ourselves just. Because we are stronger, we think ourselves righteous.

That is the abyss in all of us. And we stand close to the edge still. Closer than any can dream. We need but stray for a moment and we will find ourselves back again, staring down into that black. And who will save us? When everything that was different to us is already gone? — Jay Kristoff

It's an astonishing skill that people can read, and read well. Very few people can read well. For instance, I have to be very careful with irony, saying something while meaning the exact opposite. — Kurt Vonnegut

Without goals we are nothing more than drifters, drifting where? — Marilyn L. Rice

WHO IS LEARNED? A definition
One who, consuming midnight oil
in studies diligent and slow,
teaches himself, with painful toil,
the things that other people know. — Piet Hein

Fang (sarcasticaly): Go pick out a tree and I'll carve our initials in it.
Max: (screams and goes in the bathroom) — James Patterson

Geniuses and supergeniuses always make their own rules about sex as on everything else; they do not accept the monkey customs of their lessers. — Robert A. Heinlein

Wait a second," Four says. I turn toward him, wondering which version of Four I'll see now-the one who scolds me, or the one who climbs Ferris wheels with me. He smiles a little, but the smile doesn't spread to his eyes, which look less tense and worried.
"You belong here, you know that?" he says. "You belong with us. It'll be over soon, so just hold on, okay?"
He scratches behind his ear and looks away, like he's embarrassed by what he said.
I stare at him. I feel my heartbeat everywhere, even in my toes. I feel like doing something bold, but I could just as easily walk away. I am not sure which option is smarter, or better. I am not sure that I care.
I reach out and take his hand. His fingers slide between mine. I can't breathe.
I stare up at him, and he stares down at me. For a long moment, we stay that way. Then I pull my hand away and run after Uriah and Lynn and Marlene. Maybe now he thinks I'm stupid, or strange. Maybe it was worth it. — Veronica Roth

The two major parties too often present us with a choice of the evil of two lessers. — Patricia Ireland

THE ELITES AND THE LESSERS, ONE LOOKS DOWN UPON THE OTHER.
IF YOU'RE A ROAMER, YOU'RE NO LONGER PART OF THE ELITES.
BECOMING A NEW-LESSER MAY SAVE YOU. IF ONLY FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
THREE ISLANDS TWO COLLIDE THE THIRD IS A MYSTERY. — Charon Lloyd-Roberts

But isn't it ... ugly?"
"No. Not to me." She pressed a kiss to his chest. "It's fearsome and terrifying and powerful and awe-inspiring. And if anyone ever tried to get at me, that thing would wipe out a neighborhood. How could a girl not be charmed? Besides, after seeing those lessers in action, I'm grateful for it. I feel safe. Between you and the dragon, I don't have to worry."
(Rhage & Mary) — J.R. Ward

Is there no easy way to taking this dress off you? Am I going to have to rip it off? — Flora Kidd

You know you were with the lessers, true?"
Butch lifted one of his busted-up hands. "And here I thought I'd been to Elizabeth Arden. — J.R. Ward

Some people continue to pretend that anchor people are reporters. — Peter Jennings

Most myths were made up by men who needed a scapegoat to avoid taking responsibility for a catastrophe of their own making. — S.J. Harper

Holy Christ! There was a frickin' melee in the alley. Lessers. Brothers. Two civilians crouched and quivering in the middle. And big bad Butch O'Neal. — J.R. Ward

Work diligently. Diligently. Work patiently and persistently. Patiently and persistently. And you're bound to be successful. Bound to be successful. — S. N. Goenka

The Great Depression in the 1930s turned many young people away from corporations towards communism. By contrast, the Great Recession in the first decade of this century seems to have turned many away from corporations towards entrepreneurship. — Ron Davison

Others, and so on. And anything that is opposed to God in our lives is actually one of the many gods of the kingdom of earth. You will always be running scared if you worship other gods, because idols can't deliver on their promises. In the Old Testament, the choice before — Edward T. Welch

So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility. — Mahatma Gandhi

I think the fall in Eden was ultimately a failure to give thanks. — Ann Voskamp