Threnody Quotes & Sayings

Finn O'Finnegan looked like a rogue and walked like a rascal, so it was widely thought that he was at least one or the other. And his shadow, which followed him closely and knew all of his secrets, might have said he was both. — Stephen Krensky

There's something fundamentally wrong with the wiring of our brains, which makes us incapable of consistent logical thinking. To make matters worse, though all creatures need a certain amount of aggressiveness to survive, we seem to have far more than is absolutely necessary. And no other animal tortures its fellows as we do. — Arthur C. Clarke

At home, off-duty, I wear T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom - but I have them tailored. — Tom Ford

I was counting my toes" Stebbins said companionably. "They are fabulously good company because they always add up the same way". — Stephen King

He is rainwater and smoke and wishes. He is honey and wind and bitter as truth and sharp with hurting and endlessly, unbearably sweet. He is air, finally, endlessly — Amy Zhang

I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly. — Michelle Moran

I've always felt kind of like an outsider, even when I was very successful back in the old days. Even then. I kind of enjoyed it, really. — Nick Lowe

He said his name was Kobi Chen-Tulsi. He said, "Tell Threnody Noon that the Prells are going to attack Grand Central." - The Crystal Horizon — Philip Reeve

The house stank; a stench all its own pervaded every corner. It was a threnody in the key of Cat minor, with a ground-bass of Old Dog, and modulations of old people, waning lives, and relinquished hopes. — Robertson Davies

When climate change supercharges weather patterns, the disadvantaged often suffer first and most. — Frances Beinecke