Tavvy Blackthorn Quotes & Sayings

In Japanese swordsmanship, it is not uncommon to speak of a unity of mind, body, and sword. — H.E. Davey

The purpose of life is to familiarize oneself with this after-death body so that the act of dying will not create confusion in the psyche. — Terence McKenna

All the stars in the sky cannot worth as much as yours only because it belongs to you. — Sorin Cerin

People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of. — Norton Juster

Faith is a record of great risks taken. — Winkie Pratney

He remembered running through the streets of Alicante with Tavvy in his arms, stumbling on the cracked paving. trying to keep his little brother's face mashed against his shoulder so that he wouldn't see the blood and death all around him. — Cassandra Clare

The dreaming world, they'd think we were crazy. Those people still in bed, they'd be asleep another hour, then washing their faces, under their arms, and between their legs, before going to the same work they did every day. Living that same life, every day. — Chuck Palahniuk

First the light in the sky was no bigger than the moon, then it seemed larger, infinitely larger, and the whole grove trembled and quivered and every creature held its breath and the fireflies glowed brighter than they had ever glowed in their lives, each one convinced that this at last was love, but to no avail ... — Neil Gaiman

My path was to be an actor and it's been very good to me in life. It's broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts. — Nicole Kidman

Some folks, he said, seem to want to seek out the things that destroy them. Called an achimist, a fancy word, but a true one. — Matt Bondurant

I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider. Then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first 30 feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it has crossed the plate. — Stan Musial

The mania for telling lies and believing them is as contagious as the itch. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

My loneliness turned itself inside out and I grew myself a kind of perverse pride. — Phyllis Gotlieb

Many exiles leave the mainstream church and engage in the kinds of things we've looked at already: living an authentic life, struggling for global justice, showing compassion, pursuing vocation as a way of doing God's work. But often they do it alone, imagining that it's either the conventional church or no church at all. — Michael Frost

The woman lived inside him, was his mate. — Katie Reus

Expediency of literature, reason of literature, lawfulness of writing down a thought, is questioned; much is to say on both sides,and, while the fight waxes hot, thou, dearest scholar, stick to thy foolish task, add a line every hour, and between whiles add a line. — Ralph Waldo Emerson