Pahud Flute Quotes & Sayings

I had just heard tales that the Valkyrie were large warriors, akin to Amazons."
"If you're the sole survivor of an army attacked by us, are you going to say we had our asses handed to us by petite, nubile females, or by she-monsters who can bench Buicks? — Kresley Cole

I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid — Harlan Ellison

Do they think I'm on drugs? That I have a life-threatening illness? That I'm anorexic? Emotionally, it doesn't get easier to hear those criticisms - but it gets easier to be resolute about my reaction to it. — Fiona Apple

The first question we should ask about what we are reading is not "How does this apply to me?" Rather, it is "What is this passage saying in the context of the book I am reading, and how would it have been heard in the ancient world? — Peter Enns

Let your mama sleep," he says. "If she's moody and tired, Daddy doesn't get any. — Samantha Towle

The Law of Least Effort
Put every effort into organizing your life, but remember that the ultimate organizer is Nature.
Don't try to steer the river.
When Nature is most productive and creative, it does not work ... it plays.
The best work flows from us effortlessly.
Putting up resistance to life ultimately never succeeds.
Allow the gifts of spirit to come to you. — Deepak Chopra

I see you like to study," I said. "Well done."
Percy snorted. "I hate to study. I've been guaranteed admission with a full scholarship to New Rome University, but they're still requiring me to pass all my high school courses and score well on the SAT. Can you believe that? Not to mention I have to pass the DSTOMP."
"The what?" Meg asked.
"An exam for Roman demigods," I told her. "The Demigod Standard Test of Mad Powers."
Percy frowned. "That's what it stands for?"
"I should know. I wrote the music and poetry analysis sections."
"I will never forgive you for that," Percy said. — Rick Riordan

Sometimes what seems like the darkest step we've ever been on comes just before the brightest light we've ever experienced. — Stormie O'martian

Just consider the CIA and its effort to suppress the Senate's review of its torture program. Take in the fact that we live in a country that a) legalized torture and b) where no one was ever held to account for it, and now the government's internal look at what happened is being suppressed by the CIA. That's a frightening landscape to be in. — Laura Poitras