Stilgoe Metropolitan Quotes & Sayings

God is not here to be demanded of, begged from, or criticized. He hands out burdens to those who are strong enough to carry them, and I feel profoundly uncomfortable with the idea of lining up with the other invalids and asking for mine to be alleviated. — Ann Napolitano

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time. — George William Russell

It is possible that we are the only persons,> said another robot. — Ken MacLeod

The conclusion is they've got enough features in common to suggest the same perpetrator. It looks like he uses two knives, a carving knife and a machete. The victims were all vulnerable - prostitutes, drunk, emotionally off balance - and all picked up off the street except for Kelsey. He took trophies from — Robert Galbraith

For the first time in a hundred years, my soul flares to life, my heart along with it. And it hurts so fucking bad.
No one's ever been in my situation, so I couldn't have foreseen that love doesn't function as other things do. It took decades for it to fade, and an instant for it to come roaring back.
As far as my heart is concerned, no time has passed. — Laura Thalassa

I'd had my suspicions, but they couldn't have prepared me for the truth. — Amanda Sun

Is the gun really necessary?"
"No," he admitted. "It's just fun to have one."
"Like an extra penis," I mused.
He smiled unkindly. "Something like that. — Karina Halle

If it's freedom you seek, then wish nothing and shun nothing that depends on others, or you will always be a helpless slave. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

What foods are, essentially, are idea-neutral drugs. — Terence McKenna