Obliquity Cycle Quotes & Sayings

Capitalists have done more good for society through their charitable giving, philanthropy and generosity than all their critics combined. — James Cook

Soil with a lot of manure in it produces abundant crops; water that is too clear has no fish. Therefore, enlightened people should maintain the capacity to accept impurities and should not be solitary perfectionists. — Zicheng Hong

amidst the horrors of war, it became apparent that there was no way he could possibly survive the carnage. And if by some stroke of fate he managed to come through the conflict with his body intact, he knew that his soul would not be so lucky. — Julia Quinn

Sometimes you gotta let people take the hit. How do you think a quarterback learns how to deal with the fear of getting hit? — Rachel Van Dyken

The object of storytelling, like the object of magic, is not to explain or to resolve, but rather to create and to perform miracles of the imagination. To extend the boundaries of the mysterious. To push into the unknown in pursuit of still other unknowns. To reach into one's heart, down into that place where the stories are, bringing up the mystery of oneself. — Tim O'Brien

Generation on generation, your neck rubbed the windowsill
of the stall, smoothing the wood as the sea smooths glass. — Donald Hall

I reached out and touched his hands and they stilled at once. I had observed - although I did not often make use of the fact - that there were times when a touch could say things that words could not. — Alan Bradley

I mean why should somebody go steal and break the law to get all they can when there's always some law where you can be legal and get it all anyway! — William Gaddis

I rubbed my face with my hands. "Oh, God, what are You getting us into?"

Olivia chuckled. "That's an interesting way to put it. But I think sometimes the Lord puts us into impossible situations - or lets us get into them ourselves - just so He can show His might and power as He pulls us out. — Annie Riley

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being. — Sigmund Freud

In the design of fission reactors man was not an innovator but an unwitting imitator of nature. — George Cowan

The United Nations is useless ... and also harmful. It is a land that flowers demagoguery with a bunch of newborn countries, devoid of any tradition. — Antonio De Oliveira Salazar