Touching The Void Chapter 1 Quotes & Sayings

Money is like fire. It is only good when there's just the right amount of it, when it's properly contained and under your control. — Vera Nazarian

ultra-professional, a fair but firm — Samantha X

I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual. — Gail Z. Martin

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day. — Sarah Waters

Even the truest knight cannot protect a king against himself — George R R Martin

I have become intrigued with the combining of seemingly unrelated ideas or images, or the drawing upon the many, sometimes dissimilar, meanings a word might have. — John Barton

F. Scott Fitzgerald is the first of the last generation. — Gertrude Stein

Dr.Costa then offered important clues to differentiate the syndrome from polio. in tick paralysis there is no fever, the spinal fluod is normal, the knee jerk and other reflexes are lost early, the patient is passive and apathetic, and, of course, the child has had a recent tick bite, or an attached tick is found. — Pamela Nagami

The characters were not unknown because they were illegal or didn't have the documents but because people didn't want to know them. — Cristina Henriquez

There is a sign on the gate of this [BYU] campus that reads: 'Enter to learn; go forth to serve.' I invite you, every one of you, to make that your motto. Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better. Give it your very best. You will never again have such an opportunity. Pray about it. Work at it. Make it happen. Drink in the great knowledge here to be obtained from this dedicated faculty. Qualify yourselves for the work of the world that lies ahead. It will largely compensate you in terms of what it thinks you are worth. Walk the high road of charity, respect, and love for others and particularly those who are less fortunate. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life. — Paulo Coelho

If you take all the money we've spent at NASA since we landed on the moon and you had applied that money for incentives to the private sector, we would today probably have a permanent station on the moon, three or four permanent stations in space, a new generation of lift vehicles. — Newt Gingrich

I just think people forget what it feels like to really be in love, you know? Like when that's the only thing in the world that matters. I just don't want to decide it's not that important. — Laura Dave