Pelion Quotes & Sayings

I almost did not come, because I did not want to leave it."
He smiled. "Now I know how to make you follow me everywhere."
The sun sank below Pelion's ridges, and we were happy. — Madeline Miller

The autopilot needs about 10,000 hours' experience of a specific topic before intuition develops fully. — Phil Barden

He cares not what he puts into the press, when he would put us two: I had rather be a giantess and lie under Mount Pelion. — William Shakespeare

A lecture has been well described as the process whereby the notes of the teacher become the notes of the student without passing through the mind of either. — Mortimer J. Adler

If the question is still asked why National Socialism combats the Jewish element in Germany so fanatically, the answer can only be, because National Socialism wishes to establish a real community of the people. Since we are National Socialists, we cannot permit an alien race to impose itself upon our working people as their leaders. — Adolf Hitler

To pile Pelion upon Olympus.
[Lat., Pelion imposuisse Olympo.] — Horace

Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome. — E.A. Bucchianeri

I could be judging unfairly, but all the people I've met who've really changed from unhealthy to healthy have a story, a story about hitting rock bottom, realizing what they were doing wrong, and radically changing the way they live so they don't repeat their mistakes. Characters only change when they live through a story. — Donald Miller

Nature is so powerful, so strong. Capturing its essence is not easy - your work becomes a dance with light and the weather. It takes you to a place within yourself. — Annie Leibovitz

I respect the Stones but their songs are a pile of crap. As for U2, they don't say a lot or seem like normal persons. — Liam Gallagher

The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices. — Irvin D. Yalom

But truth is stubborn.

Our nature, our secret hearts can only hide for so long. — Susan Henderson

Piper leaned toward [Jason], her caramel braid falling over her shoulder. Her multicolored eyes made it hard for him to think straight.
"And where is this place?" she asked.
"A ... uh, a town called Split."
"Split." She smelled really good - like blooming honeysuckle.
"Um, yeah." Jason wondered if Piper was working some sort of Aphrodite magic on him - like maybe every time he mentioned Reyna's name, she would befuddle him so much he couldn't think about anything but Piper. He supposed it wasn't the worst sort of revenge. — Rick Riordan

Mistrust all men, and slay him whom thou mistrustest overmuch; and as for women, flee from them, for they are evil, and in the end will destroy thee. — H. Rider Haggard