Melborn Quotes & Sayings

If anyone had asked Royce Melborn what he hated most at that moment, he would've said dogs. Dogs and dwarves topped his list, both equally despised for having so much in common - each was short, vicious, and inexcusably hairy. — Michael J. Sullivan

History is only written from what remains. — Jill Lepore

When a long book succeeds, the writer and reader are not just having an affair; they are married. — Stephen King

I go behind the telescope, peer into the eyepiece, and all the stars crash down on my head. It's like taking a shower in the cosmos. I gasp. — Jandy Nelson

A goodbye at the gate," said Hobie. He seemed to be talking partly to himself. "That's what he would have wanted. The parting glimpse, the death haiku - he wouldn't have liked to leave without stopping to speak to someone along the way. 'A teahouse amid the cherry blossoms on the way to death. — Donna Tartt

Recognize yourself as a person who has received a precious gift from your creator — Sunday Adelaja

If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have ... they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of their painful pasts. We give the monsters the last word. — Lewis B. Smedes

In the Internet Century, the objective of creating networks is not just to lower costs and make operations more efficient, but to create fundamentally better products. — Eric Schmidt

The hour arrives, the moment wish'd and fear'd,
The child is born by many a pang endear'd
And now the mother's ear has caught his cry;
O grant the cherub to her asking eye!
He comes
she clasps him. To her bosom press'd
He drinks the balm of life, and drops to rest. — Samuel Rogers

Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation — Napoleon Bonaparte

The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic: the magic of reality. — Richard Dawkins

Perfect people don't drink, don't fight, don't lie, don't make mistakes and ... don't exist — Paulo Coelho

You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs. — Bertrand Russell

The thing about all my food is that everything is a remembered flavor. Maybe it's something I had as a child or maybe it's something I had in Milan, but I want it to taste better than you ever thought. — Ina Garten

Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don't. — Stephen King