Partholan Quotes & Sayings

What can be feared when one is doing one's duty? I know the rage of my enemies. I know all their slanders; but when one only tries to do good to men and when one does not offend heaven, one can fear nothing, neither during life nor after death. — Voltaire

You never really know what's going on with your ceiling until you just give up and lie down on your floor. — Jeanne Ray

I'd signed six things and my stack wasn't getting any smaller. It was like the paperwork was breeding while I worked. — Ilona Andrews

As long as you cultivate stillness, you may enjoy peace, but whenever your mind is a little bit disturbed, deluded thoughts will set in again. — Sogyal Rinpoche

As to the old history of Ireland, the first man ever died in Ireland was Partholan, and he is buried, and his greyhound along with him, at some place in Kerry. — Lady Gregory

You know what it's like when a cart overturns in the street? Everybody you meet has witnessed it. They saw a man's leg sliced clean off. They saw a woman gasp her last. They saw the goods looted, thieves stealing from the back-end while the carter was crushed at the front. They heard a man roar out his last confession, while another whispered his last will and testament. And if all the people who say they were there had really been there, then the dregs of London would have drained to the one spot, the gaols emptied of thieves, the beds empty of whores, and all the lawyers standing on the shoulders of the butchers to get a better look. — Hilary Mantel

Look into the mouth of a person and you will find lies, wiggling there like maggots waiting to grow wings. — Max

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies. — Tony Kushner

So the two of you"-Ian tries to find his voice- "I mean, together
you two could basically
"
"Take over the world?" Warner is looking at the wall now.
"I was going to say you could kick some serious ass, but yeah, that, too, I guess. — Tahereh Mafi