Pyrotechnist Quotes & Sayings

Eddis looked at her minister, curious. "Your head?" she asked.
Attolia explained. "He had to be forcibly dissuaded from strangling his son."
"So have we all from time to time," Eddis said seriously. — Megan Whalen Turner

Because brothers don't let each other wander in the dark alone — Jolene Perry

The niggling idea of what she would do as Ray grew older and her husband worked increasingly long hours crept up the inside of her foot and along her calf to the back of her knee and began to climb into her lap — Alice Sebold

He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo. — William Shakespeare

But it was the singing that pulled me in and split me wide open. — Anne Lamott

A successful startup takes a very long time - certainly much longer than most founders think at the outset. You cannot treat it as an all-nighter. You have to eat well, sleep well, and exercise. You have to spend time with your family and friends. You also need to work in an area you're actually passionate about - nothing else will sustain you for ten years. — Sam Altman

Let nothing stop you from following where you go and what you do in life.
Your life is yours to do what you will to follow your dreams. — Baileigh Morreau

I shall never more know the sweet homage given to beauty, youth and grace - for never to any else shall I seem to possess these charms. — Charlotte Bronte

Faith is a verb. An action, like love, that we do and live every day. — Joan L. Mitchell

If you love what you do, it isn't your job, it is your love affair. — Debasish Mridha

You didn't fail. You just opted out. There's a difference. — Sarah Dessen

Why should I say 'Tis too soon to seek for heaven and think of death'? A flower may fade before 'Tis noon and I this day may lose my breath. — J. Street

There would be a blaze and a confusion, in which timid men would doubt whether the constitution would be burned to tinder or only illuminated; but that blaze and that confusion would be dear to Mr. Daubney if he could stand as the centre figure, the great pyrotechnist who did it all, red from head to foot with the glare of the squibs with which his own hands were filling all the spaces. — Anthony Trollope

The words lex monetae are really just a polite Latin way of saying, Suck it, creditors. — John Lanchester

That's the thing about luxury, darlings. The moment you become accustomed to it, it is no longer a luxury but a necessity. People forget this. — Susan Jane Gilman