Tierean Quotes & Sayings

Eddis looked around as if recalling a question that had nagged at her for several hours. "Where's Eugenides?" she asked.
For a moment the Attolian queen was immobile, her smile gone as if it had never been. The horse under her threw up its head as if the bit had twitched against its delicate mouth.
"Locked in a room," Attolia said flatly. "In Ephrata."
The smile faded from Eddis' face.
"I ordered the other prisoners released," Attolia explained. "I forgot that I had him locked up separately. I doubt my sensechal will have released him without my specific instruction to do so."
"You forgot?" Eddis asked.
"I forgot," Attolia said firmly, daring Eddis to contradict her.
"You will marry him?" Eddis asked, hesitant again.
"I said I would," snapped Attolia, and turned her horse away. Eddis followed. When they joined their officers, Attolia gave brisk orders and then rode on, heading back toward Ephrata without waiting for Eddis. — Megan Whalen Turner

I think libertarians need somebody who can articulate getting from A to Z. But you know, if G is achievable, how about it? Let's get there! — Gary Johnson

Well, yes: people write poems when they are in love, but a wise man will not print them. — Hans Christian Andersen

We will never, never sell our freedom for capital or technical aid. We stand for freedom at any cost. — Tom Mboya

One day our grandchildren will go to museums to see what poverty was like. — Muhammad Yunus

The country is like a great sponge - it finally absorbs you. Eventually you will get malaria or you will get dysentery and whatever you do, if you don't keep doing it, the jungle will grow over you. Black or white, you've got to fight it every minute of the day. — Katharine Hepburn

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong. — William Kent Krueger

I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized, — Luciano Pavarotti

Vella looked around. "This is really a revolting place, Yarblek," she told him.
"You've been spending too much time with Porenn," he said. "You're starting to get delicate."
"How would you like to have me gut you?" she offered.
"That's my girl. — David Eddings

Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such treatments in earnest. — Andrew Weil

Since I am suffering with type 2 bipolar disorder mainly on the depressive side of the bipolar disorder.
I am not afraid nor am I disappointed with it; if this is what God Almighty want me to have; I will make sure that I will make good use of this disorder; and, be the best person that I can be. — Temitope Owosela

Capitalism places every man in competition with his fellows for a share of the available wealth. A few people accumulate big piles, but most do not. The sense of community falls victim to this struggle. — Donald Barthelme

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals. — Jay Griffiths

I'm my own worst enemy and I know that. — Lindsay Lohan

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never. — Benjamin Franklin