Quaucun Quotes & Sayings

Though the euphoria surrounding Barack Obama's election last week as President-elect has not yet begun to subside, it is already time to recognise that the most important challenge facing the next U.S. president is to restore America's standing in the eyes of the world. — Shashi Tharoor

The life of an adventurer appeared to consist of roughly six parts boredom to one part stark terror, or so it seemed to Jig. — Jim C. Hines

Say my name with hints of longing and hunger. I'd like to hear the desire in your voice scraping against the walls, messing up the sheets of my bed, scratching on my skin. Caress every single letter of me like you're making love to me. I want to be owned by you. — Nessie Q.

It is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature. — Nikola Tesla

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, who said to his tailor Irving, Forget the slacks - please work on the blazer! Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

Hold fast to your faith. Temptation is a given; look for the way out! It is possible to fall! — Karen Kingsbury

Never has a setting been so able to live without the souls traversing it. — Jeff VanderMeer

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow. — Felix Frankfurter

Even though their arguments did not invoke religion, I think we all know what's behind these arguments. They're trying to protect religious beliefs from contradiction by science. They used to do it by prohibiting teachers from teaching evolution at all; then they wanted to teach intelligent design as an alternative theory; now they want the supposed "weaknesses" in evolution pointed out. But it's all the same program - it's all an attempt to let religious ideas determine what is taught in science courses. — Steven Weinberg

I never refused autograph seekers, unless they were old enough to look like collection agents. — Joe Pepitone

She was still going somewhere terrible, but she had a hedgehog, damnit. — T. Kingfisher

Her mind had been a blank story for so many years, and, suddenly, all the pages were filled with lost memories. — Rachel M. Greenebaum