Steifensand Quotes & Sayings

Books aren't like broccoli. You don't have to eat it because it's good for you. Books drag you in because they are fascinating. — Jackie French

They claimed no allegiance to any flag and valued no currency but luck and good contacts. — Hunter S. Thompson

I am At war 'twixt will and will not. — William Shakespeare

Writing mysteries lets me get away with murder. I think 'the mystery' may be the greatest form for social criticism, simply because it is pedestrian. — Gregory McDonald

If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue. — Edmund Burke

It hadn't even occured to me that somebody would believe mine. — Sarah Dessen

Even here, in the U.S., I walk my daughter's dog and I look for interesting people sitting at a picnic table and I walk over with my white hair and I ask, "Would you mind if I sat and rested here for a minute?" Nobody would refuse that. — Rita Gelman

And I looked, and behold a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. — John Jakes

The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Bright were the memories of his childhood at these docks, to which he had been ever drawn by the allure of the stranger traders as they swung into their berths like weary and weathered heroes returned from some elemental war. In those days it was uncommon to see the galleys of the Freemen Privateers ease into the bay, sleek and riding low with booty. They hailed from such mysterious ports as Filman Orras, Fort By a Half, Dead Man's Story, and exile; names that rang of adventure in the ears of a lad who had never seen his home city from outside its walls.
The man slowed as he reached the foot of the stone pier. The years between him and that lad marched through his mind, a possession of martial images growing ever grimmer. If he searched out the many crossroads he had come to in the past, he saw their skies storm-warped, the lands ragged and wind-torn. The forces of age and experience worked on them now, and whatever choices he had made then seemed fated and almost desperate. — Steven Erikson

A lot could happen in a week.
Just look at the last one. — Julia Quinn

Their disbelief doesn't make your dream any less true. You're a dreamer. And will be. Forever. — Sarvesh Jain

A good religious is the one who fights against the religion for the sake of religion. — M.F. Moonzajer

Libby was advised by the vice president of the United States that Wilson's wife worked at the CIA in the counterproliferation division. Libby understood that the vice president had learned this information from the CIA. — Patrick Fitzgerald

So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer