Shadowline Pajamas Quotes & Sayings

There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse. — Laurence Sterne

He thought: Jessica, mother of Muad'Dib and grandmother of these royal twins, returns to our planet today. Why does she end her self-imposed exile at this time? Why does she leave the softness and security of Caladan for the dangers of Arrakis? — Frank Herbert

If God had a church it would not be split up into factions, and that if he taught one society to worship one way, and administer in one set of ordinances, He would not teach another, principles which were diametrically opposed. — Joseph Smith Jr.

My real purpose in telling middle-school students stories was to practice telling stories. And I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times. And the way I would justify it to the head teacher if he came in or to any parents who complained was, look, I'm telling these great stories because they're part of our cultural heritage. I did believe that. — Philip Pullman

Mastery is the art of setting your foot on the path. — George Leonard

All sense, all judgement, overthrown by a h-dropping, glottal-stopping glitter pirate, and I didn't have to care. — Alexis Hall

I was 20 years old when, despite mass protests against military action, Iraq was invaded in 2003 - it didn't make for motivated political participation, I can tell you. — Romola Garai

I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it. — Ahmet Zappa

Usury once in control will wreck the nation. — William Lyon Mackenzie King