Mark Renton Quotes & Sayings

Without a mother you cannot die. — Hermann Hesse

Education is the only way forward in Latin America and developing countries in general. — Shakira

I guess in general, people tend to not eat the cute animals. — Elayne Boosler

Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death. — William Gurnall

Boxing is a mental sport. Think of a prizefight as a chess game of mind and body, and you are a little closer to it than if you compare it to a bloody brawl in an alley. — Budd Schulberg

Do not cry," she said fiercely, but her own tears flowed. "Do not cry, Finnikin. For if we begin, our tears will never end. — Melina Marchetta

Interesting, I thought, how quickly history becomes stories rather than reality; one step already from the truth. — Sarah Dunant

I'm very well known in the industry and relatively well known by people who are aficionados and what not, but outside of that - no. — Ben Mendelsohn

Only in chaos are we conceivable. — Roberto Bolano

Sometimes our future is
dictated by what we are, as opposed to what we want. — Nicholas Sparks

And once Father Lucas said to me, 'Be simple, Matthew, life is a simple book, and an open book, read and be simple as the beasts in the field; just being miserable isn't enough
you've got to know how.' So I got to thinking and I said to myself, 'This is a terrible thing that Father Lucas has put on me
be simple like the beasts and yet think and harm nobody. — Djuna Barnes

Despite a primitive brain, the octopus possesses an intricate system that helps it decide which tentacle to masturbate with. — Dana Gould

Sophia: Go with it?
Harry: Don't fight against inevitability. Life is until it is not, so why get fussed? Don't hurt anyone, try not to give your dinner guests food poisoning, be clean in word and deed-what else is there? Just be a decent person in a decent world.
Sophia: Everyone's a decent person in their own eyes. — Claire North

Percy scowled. "I-I know you."
Nico raised his eyebrows. "Do you? — Rick Riordan

I want to learn more and more to see as beautiful what is necessary in things; then I shall be one of those who make things beautiful. Amor fati: let that be my love henceforth! I do not want to wage war against what is ugly. I do not want to accuse; I do not even want to accuse those who accuse. Looking away shall be my only negation. And all in all and on the whole: some day I wish to be only a Yes-sayer. — Friedrich Nietzsche