Ophidian Quotes & Sayings

I had gotten exactly what I had wanted, and still it wasn't enough. I had wanted. And now I wanted more. — Danielle Paige

Anyone who can steal the king's seal ring can manage the locks on his record room. — Megan Whalen Turner

I'm convinced that Nabokov wrote his novels around words like agglutinate, siliceous, gardyloo, ophidian, triskelions. That he took an ESL course at a local night school and the teacher wrote those words on the blackboard and said, "Today's assignment is to take these words and use them in a first novel the New York Times will call 'Riveting, truly a classic for the ages. — Paul Beatty

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant. — Magnus Carlsen

Close your eyes now,' the blind man said to me. I did it. I closed them just like he said.
'Are they closed?' he said. 'Don't fudge.'
'They're closed,' I said.
'Keep them that way,' he said. He said, 'Don't stop now. Draw.'
So we kept on with it. His fingers rode my fingers as my hand went over the paper. It was like nothing else in my life up to now.
Then he said, 'I think that's it. I think you got it,' he said. 'Take a look. What do you think?'
But I had my eyes closed. I thought I'd keep them that way for a little longer. I thought it was something I ought to do.
'Well? he said. 'Are you looking?'
My eyes were still closed. I was in my house. I knew that. But I didn't feel like I was inside anything.
'It's really something,' I said. — Raymond Carver

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail. — Wole Soyinka