Pillars Of The Earth Character Quotes & Sayings

Tayla's eyes narrowed into slits, as if she questioned Gem's motives. "I'm not sure I trust you." "I don't trust you either," Gem shot back. "So where does that leave us?" "It leaves you in what's called a family, girls," Wraith drawled. "Get over it. — Larissa Ione

Coincidence means only a connection that's not seen. Roots meet underground. — Charlotte Armstrong

We may be heartened by our sojourns on Sinai, but no man may live his life in the clouds. And what does pragmatism mean if not just this? We can only, as James told us again and again, understand the collective and distributive by living. Life is the true revealer: I can never understand the whole by reason, only when the heart-beat of the whole throbs through me as the pulse of my own being. — Mary Parker Follett

Ravelle, anyone in command feigns ease when death is near. We do it for those around us, and we do it for ourselves. We do it because the sole alternative is to die cringing. — Scott Lynch

Let's take some extra time to talk about one: Only the number one can create all numbers with this simple equation, 111111111 x 111111111 = 12345678987654321. One, expressed nine times, multiplied by itself, produces all subsequent numbers progressively and then inversely. Zero is not a number. — Michael Ben Zehabe

Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. — William Cowper

Mr. Burns is a father symbol to me, and you can omit the word symbol. — Bobby Darin

Life is whole only when it isn't subordinate to a specific object that exceeds it. In this way, the essence of entirety is freedom. — Georges Bataille

Mr. Latino with the big ego got bested by a ditzy, blond bimbo. — Simone Elkeles

Cake for later, cake as a way of life. — Laini Taylor

I don't have anything against this Jesus guy, but has he written, directed, and starred in his own movie? — Zach Braff

I think we are fascinated and scared by evil at the same time. I think it's important not to suppress our fascination but to walk into it with open eyes. — Joshua Oppenheimer

Even though I design my own jewelry, one of the great things about my job is being able to bring in really talented collaborators. — Monika Chiang

God is always willing to give you the best life possible. If you change your mind at any time you are free to go back to enjoying hell. — Shannon L. Alder