Torgalski Quotes & Sayings

All his senses screamed in warning, the very air reeking of forbidden magic, but duty call him forward. — Karen Azinger

He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death. — Gautama Buddha

Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs
which we ignore in the belief that they possess no deeper significance. Yet it is precisely in their being regarded as unimportant that they take on importance. For in them we ritualize and dramatize attitudes which contradict and often embarrass the sacred values which we proclaim through our solemn ceremonies and rituals of nationhood. — Ralph Ellison

Now that was a kiss," Grandma Frida said from the doorway behind me.
I jumped. "How long have you been there?"
"Long enough. That man means business."
All my words tried to come out at once. "I don't ... what ... asshole! ... screw himself for all I care!"
"Aww, young love, so passionate," Grandma said. "I'm going to buy you a subscription to Brides magazine. You should start shopping for dresses. — Ilona Andrews

I'm imagining the reader, whom I conjure as an aspiring artist much like my own younger, less grizzled self, to whom I hope to impart a little starch and inspiration and prime, a little, with some hard-knocks wisdom and a few tricks of the trade. — Steven Pressfield