Tahlia Sturzaker Quotes & Sayings

Who knows more of gods than I? Horse gods and fire gods, gods made of gold with gemstone eyes, gods carved of cedar wood, gods chiseled into mountains, gods of empty air ... I know them all. I have seen their peoples garland them with flowers, and shed the blood of goats and bulls and children in their names. And I have heard the prayers, in half a hundred tongues. Cure my withered leg, make the maiden love me, grant me a healthy son. Save me, succor me, make me wealthy ... protect me! Protect me from mine enemies, protect me from the darkness, protect me from the crabs inside my belly, from the horselords, from the slavers, from the sellswords at my door. Protect me from the Silence." He laughed. "Godless? Why, Aeron, I am the godliest man ever to raise sail! You serve one god, Damphair, but I have served ten thousand. From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray. — George R R Martin

I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment. — Linda Tripp

We were never fuck buddies, Ally. — Kristen Ashley

Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed. — Iris Murdoch

A man is the easiest animal to put on a leash, and the hardest to keep leashed. Even when he chooses it himself. — Robert Jordan

There are some people, who place enormous value on their home and feel that it defines them, that a stain on the carpet is a personal defilement. There are others, and I think I am one of them, who are entirely indifferent to where they live. — J.G. Ballard

Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would infer any laxity of principle from that freedom of demeanor which often arises from a total ignorance of vice. — Charles Caleb Colton

In a lot of ways, TV writing taught me how to be a good storyteller. I learned about dialogue, scenes, moving the plot forward. — Maria Semple

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. — Samuel Johnson

If we want boys to succeed, we need to bring them back to education by making education relevant to them and bring in more service learning and vocational education. — Michael Gurian

But weddings tend to resurrect old issues, old emotions; new ideas, new possibilities. — Lisa Berne

When you have no one to answer to, vendetta as investment strategy is as legitimate as anything. — Carl Icahn

We're cool," I say calmly, although I feel something else. I feel... sad. Like I've lost something I never quite had. — Christine Seifert

German businesspeople have invested a great deal in our country, and trade is flourishing. We want to speed up economic cooperation. Your country is a large, important provider of aid, and it has done a great deal to reduce the poverty of many Vietnamese. — Nguyen Minh Triet