Ostrega Quotes & Sayings

Please don't be offended, oh murderous angel. — Robert J. Crane

And surely, surely, if we are not simply animals that live to fight, there must be a reason for bloodshed. — Guy Gavriel Kay

I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now. — Karrie Webb

For he had never heard anything like it
did not know such music existed in the world
and it was hard to believe that a man he knew could play it with his own two hands. There were parts of it like birdsong, and parts like rolling thunder and hard rain, and parts that glittered like fresh snow when the sun comes out and it's so cold the air takes your breath away. And parts were like a dust devil spinning past, or a cyclone on the horizon, and all of it cried out for words that he had only read in books and had never said aloud. — Mary Doria Russell

That even though you look like a warrior and act like a warrior, underneath all that toughness is really a big mushy marshmallow. — Cambria Hebert

Home is the place that goes where you go, yet it welcomes you upon your return. Like a dog overjoyed at the door. We've missed you is what you hear, no matter how long you've been gone. — Michael J. Rosen

Practice giving things away, not just things you don't care about, but things you do like. Remember, it is not the size of a gift, it is its quality and the amount of mental attachment you overcome that count. So don't bankrupt yourself on a momentary positive impulse, only to regret it later. Give thought to giving. Give small things, carefully, and observe the mental processes going along with the act of releasing the little thing you liked. (53)
(Quote is actually Robert A F Thurman but Huston Smith, who only wrote the introduction to my edition, seems to be given full credit for this text.) — Huston Smith

I appreciate the gesture, but you don't have to undress in order to apologize — Taona Dumisani Chiveneko

I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1. — Novak Djokovic

I just wasn't academic. I wanted to be in the real world. — John Caudwell