The Foreshadowing Marcus Sedgwick Quotes & Sayings

My dad was a tyrant. He used to physically beat the crap out of us. — Dennis Wilson

History had already done the really messy work, when Wintermute found him, sifting him out of all of the war's ripe detritus, gliding into the man's flat gray field of consciousness like a water spider crossing the face of some stagnant pool, — William Gibson

Bantu Philosophy: People cling to life and are not yet at the stage where they wil fight for the quality of that life. They feel as long as they are surviving, that is enough. — Michela Wrong

Our inner image of ourselves and what we want to accomplish in life makes us become what we were meant to be. — Mark Victor Hansen

Finally, promoting conjugal marriage need not and should not involve prohibiting any consensual relationship. For all these reasons, libertarians should favor the regulation of marriage-which is, again, practically inevitable anyway. — Sherif Girgis

To accomplish much you must first lose everything. — Che Guevara

Firing is always difficult. The right way: one-on-one. The wrong way: snickering in front of other people, or via email. — David Moore

The general commanding congratulates his troops on their brilliant and successful occupation of Roanoke Island. The courage and steadiness they have shown under fire is what he expected from them, and he accepts it as a token of future victory. — Ambrose Burnside

I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing. — Sarah Dessen

We think about our country and the big issues that we face in this country; creating jobs, making sure people can keep their jobs, the need for rising wages, whether our children when they graduate from college can find a job, protecting the homeland, destroying ISIS, rebuilding defense. These are all the things that we need to focus on but we'll never get there if we're divided. We'll never get there if republicans and democrats just fight with one another. — John Kasich

Even before Sputnik, scientists and policy makers worried that not enough Americans were studying science. — Virginia Postrel

Somehow the river is louder when you cover your ears. — Niall Williams

And with courage came freedom. — Danielle Steel

I don't think I could stab somebody, cause I'm really bad at a Capri Sun. — Daniel Tosh

Does this mean we will always understand our challenges? Won't all of us, sometime, have reason to ask, 'O God, where art thou?' Yes! When a spouse dies, a companion will wonder. When financial hardship befalls a family, a father will ask. When children wander from the path, a mother and father will cry out in sorrow. Yes, 'weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.' Then, in the dawn of our increased faith and understanding, we arise and choose to wait upon the Lord, saying, 'Thy will be done.' — Robert D. Hales