Lichine Margaux Quotes & Sayings

What did we know? This was early days. We had no idea what was out there. How dangerous it might be. It was just a school maths problem. They never asked that in the exams, did they? Like, If John walks at three miles an hour from London to Brighton, and he's attacked by rabid grown-ups four times, and they bite his right leg off, how long will it take him to bleed to death? — Charlie Higson

These days you don't need a country to have a flag, you don't need to win an election to become president, and you don't need an enemy to have a war. — Marshall Thornton

It's a sailors' tradition, miss." O'Shea approached, his thick brogue cutting through Sophia's confusion. "The Sea King himself comes aboard to have a bit of sport with those crossing the Tropic for the first time, like the new boy there." He nodded toward Davy, who stood to the side, looking every bit as confused as Sophia but unwilling to own to it.
Quinn crossed his massive forearms over his chest, stacking them like logs. "And Triton always collects his tax, of course."
"His tax?" Sophia asked.
O'Shea gave her a sly look. "Best be ready with a coin or two, Miss Turner. If you can't pay his tax, old Triton just might sweep ye down to the depths with him and keep ye there forever."
Quinn chuckled, shooting the Irishman a knowing look. "Knowing old Triton, it wouldn't be surprising if he did just that."
O'Shea winked at the crewman. "Could hardly blame him. — Tessa Dare

Drive inexpensive cars, but own the best house you can afford. — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

I want to hope, to dream, to have faith again, but the soulless weight of reality keeps crushing me down. — Anonymous

During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else. — Richard Lewis

Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious. — Mandy Moore

It's the responsibility of the survivor to tell the story. — Tom Spanbauer

You should never pass up an opportunity to be kind. You should never not thank someone. You should never not say something nice when you think it. — Christopher Moore

No scientific theory touches on the mysteries that the religious tradition addresses. A man asking why his days are short and full of suffering is not disposed to turn to algebraic quantum field theory for the answer. The answers that prominent scientific figures have offered are remarkable in their shallowness. — David Berlinski

I'm not a huge Lovecraft fan as far as that goes; I think there are some stories of his that are really quite wonderful, but for the most part, I have great difficulties with his prose - and the more you know about the man, the harder it is to separate him from the work in many ways. — Greg Rucka

Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life. — Joseph Joubert

The first best-kept secret of total success is that we must feel love inside ourselves before we can give it to others. — Denis Waitley

The utmost the American novelist can hope for, if he hopes at all to see his work included in the literature of his time, is that it may eventually be found to be along in the direction of the growing tip of collective consciousness. Preeminently the novelist's gift is that of access to the collective mind. — Mary Hunter Austin

It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty, and intelligence. — Theodore Roosevelt