Mianaai Quotes & Sayings

There's so much that can be done on the guitar. And that's what is so good about the guitar - everyone can really enjoy themselves on it and have a good time, which is what it's all about. — Jimmy Page

Pain is a warning," said Anaander Mianaai. "What would happen if you removed all discomfort from your life? No," Mianaai continued, ignoring Seivarden's obvious distress at her words, "I value that moral indignation. I encourage it. — Ann Leckie

You make a horror film that's not very good. You'd be joining a long line, in a long video aisle, of stuff that doesn't work. — Patrick Fabian

The girl from the front row grabbed AIMii on the arm. "Remember, it's bumpy."
"Why is the color of silence bumpy?" AIMii asked.
"Because it's hard to do," she whispered loudly. — Mandy Broughton

In the rotation of crops there was a recognised season for wild oats; but they were not to be sown more than once. — Edith Wharton

To be human, is to be able to love the unlovable, and hope when things appear hopeless — Sara Niles

The rat scuttles, the big cat creeps, the monkey dashes,
The bat glides, the white crane soars, the lizard darts,
And the owl hoots
In the middle of the night. — Sandy Fussell

Do you still think Mianaai controls the Radchaai through brainwashing or threats of execution? Those are there, they exist, yes, but most Radchaai, like people most places I have been, do what they're supposed to because they believe it's the right thing to do. No one likes killing people."
Strigan made a sardonic noise "No one?"
"Not many," I amended. "Not enough to fill the Radch's warships". — Ann Leckie

When your attention is diffuse, it's like a broad, weak beam of light that doesn't reveal much. Concentration brings the weak beam down to a single, sharply focused, supremely bright, exponentially more illuminating point. — Sharon Salzberg

It was cold on that Monday, January 23rd, when a little boy was born, in case you haven't heard. An infant that would become the future Dr. Jim. And all the people of the world would fall in love with him. — Scott Thomas Nicol

I guess you could say that no matter what the characters are enduring, I try to make them retain their humanity. Their self-absorbed, grouchy, selfish, aggravating humanity. — MaryJanice Davidson