Rondus Quotes & Sayings

Eugenia's story can be a valuable lesson for us today: as an account of how the law can be misguided and unsympathetic; as an illustration of the dangerous agitation that can be whipped up in the public by the media with a salacious story to sell; and as a lesson in the persuasive power of fallacious science. — Mark Tedeschi

When two humans have lived together for many years it usually happens that each has tones of voice and expressions of face which are almost unendurably irritating to the other. Work on that. Bring fully into the consciousness of your patient that particular lift of his mother's eyebrows which he learned to dislike in the nursery, and let him think how much he dislikes it. Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy - if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption. And, of course, never let him suspect that he has tones and looks which similarly annoy her. As he cannot see or hear himself, this easily managed. — C.S. Lewis

Love is the child of freedom, never that of domination. — Julie Cantrell

A slow fear, heavy, like sadness ... which made her realize that her fear was a kind of sadness, because she couldn't be better than her fear. — Marie Rutkoski

Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love. — Steve Pavlina

Mine own people do not care for me, John Carter; I am too unlike them. It is a sad fate, since I must live my life amongst them. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

I can't see the world as a great hospital with us all nursing and pitying each other. — Elizabeth Harrower

and all the beauty and the blasphemy. Petals, petals, scattering from the stands where only vestals were allowed to sit, having tended the flame for all of us. Here, I knew, was the empire of my soul showing on my face as I turned to you. — Sarah Arvio

What is the definition of procrastination? It means: I can feel within my Energy sensor that this action is not in perfect alignment at this time. — Esther Hicks

Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Hooves clomping over the whitewashed planks, Doren sprinted along the boardwalk after Rondus, a portly satyr with butterscotch fur and horns that curved away from each other. Puffing hard, Rondus cut through a gazebo and started down the stairs to the field. Only a few steps behind, Doren went airborne and slammed into the heavyset satyr. Together they pitched violently forward into the grass, staining their skin green. — Brandon Mull

From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do this! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments. — Quentin Blake

It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character, and confine your esteem to the former. — George Washington

do not heal in isolation. Connecting with others is how we develop compassion for others and for ourselves. — Desmond Tutu

If we would have good ministers, we must remember our Lord's example, and pray for them. Their work is heavy. Their responsibility is enormous. Their strength is small. Let us see that we support them, and hold up their hands by our prayers. — J.C. Ryle