Valdene Littell Quotes & Sayings

There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if we let the beast loose then society will turn upon us with fiery vengeance. Kings though ... well, who is there to turn upon them? So the chains are made of straw. It is the curse of kings, Helikaon, that they can become monsters. And they invariably do. — David Gemmell

Jumping through any hoop or taking advantage of any desperate situation that comes up just to sell a product is harmful. It is. — Trent Reznor

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he is rather tired of something in himself. — F Scott Fitzgerald

In their armor they were all the same, and that was the point, he understood. But he took pleasure in the moments when he could see their variety and diversity - those moments when he could glimpse the people beneath the armor and see them as more than just faceless, nameless soldiers identified by letters and numbers and nothing more. — Greg Rucka

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure. — Laurence J. Peter

A woman isn't a whore for wanting pleasure. If it were unnatural, we would not be born with such drives. — Nenia Campbell

However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of divine nature. — John Polkinghorne

If a beautiful thing were to remain beautiful for all eternity, I'd be glad, but all the same Id look at it with a colder eye. I'd say to myself: You can look at it any time, it doesn't have to be today. — Hermann Hesse

Some people are constructive, if you like. Others are destructive. It's this diversity in humankind that results in some making positive contributions and some negative contributions. It's necessary to have enough to make positive contributions to overcome the problems of each age. — Jonas Salk

There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there. — Daniel Woodrell

I sometimes heard the parents of Michel's playmates sigh about how, after a busy day, they really needed "a moment to themselves." The children were in bed at last, and then came the magic moment, and not a minute earlier. I've always thought that was strange, because for me that moment began much earlier. When Michel came home from school, for example, and everything was as it should be. — Herman Koch

The first author I met socially was Joyce Cary. — John Updike

There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone. — Mark Lawrence