Taerene Quotes & Sayings

Thirsty for being, the poet ceaselessly reaches out to reality, seeking with the indefatigable harpoon of the poem a reality that is always better hidden, more re(g)al. The poem's power is as an instrument of possession but at the same time, ineffably, it expresses the desire for possession, like a net that fishes by itself, a hook that is also the desire of the fish. To be a poet is to desire and, at the same time, to obtain, in the exact shape of the desire. — Julio Cortazar

Run home and don't come back. You aren't going to survive around here."

Paris felt his spine straighten. "I'm not dead yet," he said.

"Because I helped you," said the boy. "But I'm not planning to follow you around the city. And I'd rather not trip over your dead body."

"Who are you?" Paris demanded.

The boy grinned, all white teeth and sudden glee. "Didn't you hear? I'm the King of Cats."

"Stop being so mysterious, Vai," one of his own men called over his shoulder.

"Also known as Vai the Bloody, Vai the Terrible, Vai the Bloody Terrible, and more importantly, Vai dalr-Ahodin, captain of the Rooks."

"And King of Cats," said Paris, who still had no idea what that meant — Rosamund Hodge

That girl has more cracks in her than the road of yellow brick — Danielle Paige

The wheels of progress; sooner or later they took you back to where you started from. — Stephen King

(It's easier for investors and bosses to spend time and money going after a proven market, even though proven markets are the hardest to break into.) — Seth Godin

In this there are no options, just response, awareness responding to knowing. All the way in and all the way out. This isn't of the earth - this is of the everything. — John De Ruiter

You scared the life out of me."
"Good thing cats have nine lives, then," she teased. — Carrie Ann Ryan

There will never be a nuclear war; there's too much real estate involved. — Frank Zappa

To think about your life is to create it. You have to take ownership of where you are right now and know where you want to go before you can get there. Keep collecting evidence for your success. You can believe it, and you can be it. — Ali Vincent

Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat. — C.S. Lewis

In my opinion and experience, imperialists of all nations and races will tell us anything to keep us fighting. For them. — Alice Walker

Taxation without representation is tyranny. — James Otis

Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is, defense spending) and the human sacrifice (casualties, even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization. — Zbigniew Brzezinski