Pernelle Armchair Quotes & Sayings

When we too are armed and trained, we can convince men that we have hands, feet, and a heart like yours; and although we may be delicate and soft, some men who are delicate are also strong; and others, coarse and harsh, are cowards. Women have not yet realized this, for if they should decide to do so, they would be able to fight you until death; and to prove that I speak the truth, amongst so many women, I will be the first to act, setting an example for them to follow.
- Veronica Franco 1546-1591 — Veronica Franco

In proportion as architecture degenerated, printing throve and flourished. The capital of forces which human thought had expended in building, it henceforth expended in books. — Victor Hugo

All my life, I've been frightened at the moment I sit down to write. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

All of the exoteric teachings are only designed to give you the type of life that will allow you to practice the esoteric teachings. — Frederick Lenz

The two men's eyes widened when they saw me charging toward them. One of them dropped his hold on Grey, letting him sway dangerously over the edge. Both men reached for their guns, but it was too late. I was nearly on them. Fortiter.
I slammed into Grey, my momentum carrying us over the low edge. I briefly heard Karl shout, before the wind filled my ears. We were falling fast, and the pavement rushed up at us at an alarming speed. — Kirby Howell

The development of quantum mechanics early in the twentieth century obliged physicists to change radically the concepts they used to describe the world. — Alain Aspect

Buddhism helps me to have a healthy relationship with my body and spirit. — Anthony Kiedis

Creativity is a scavenger hunt. It's your obligation to pay attention to clues, to the thing that gives you that little tweak. — Elizabeth Gilbert