Mayree Quotes & Sayings

Nearly all our associations are determined by chance or necessity; and restricted within a narrow circle. We cannot know whom we would; and those whom we know, we cannot have at our side when we most need them. All the higher circles of human intelligence are, to those beneath, only momentarily and partially open ... there is a society continually open to us, of people who will talk to us as long as we like, whatever our rank or occupation; - talk to us in the best words they can choose, and of the things nearest their hearts. And this society, because it is so numerous and so gentle, and can be kept waiting around us all day long, - kings and statesmen lingering patiently, not to grant audience, but to gain it! - in those plainly furnished and narrow ante-rooms, our bookcase shelves, - we make no account of that company, - perhaps never listen to a word they would say, all day long! — John Ruskin

I don't know how easy that would be but I'd try just to lead an ordinary life again. Stay out of the papers. — Mark David Chapman

According to Montagne legend, the mountain has forever been the abode of giants. Long ago a traveling pair of sorcerers, husband and wife, scaled the cliff into the valley, and the woman cured the giants' chilblains with ointments and the gift of fire. In gratitude, the giants built Chateau de Montagne out of the living rock of Ancienne, and from that castle the couple founded the kingdom of Montagne, using their magic to shield the country and its people from harm. — Catherine Gilbert Murdock

To undertake nothing: i. at random or without a purpose; ii. for any reason but the common good. — Marcus Aurelius

A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing. — Walter Kirn

It is a brave man ... who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil. — James A. Garfield

I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant. — Oriana Fallaci

What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else? — Arnold Schwarzenegger

If I dream by myself, it's merely a dream. But if we all dream together, that's the start of a new future. — Lee Soo Man

The skies make no special dispensation for Magi, boy, they piss on everyone the same. — Joe Abercrombie

I love some electronic music. I'm not a big fan of dubstep, but there is so much good electronic music out there. — Chino Moreno

I've learned that you only become as creative as you possibly can by staying independent. — Dawn Angelique