Veran Quotes & Sayings

And suddenly she resembled not so much a bland dish of pudding as the surface of a well-known, yet never explored lake, and he, standing on the banks, had just seen a movement underwater, an enigmatic shadow that disappeared so quickly he wasn't sure he hadn't imagined the whole thing. — Sherry Thomas

There's no need for me to enter your mind, just sit at the edges and look for leakage."
"Leakage?" Veran looked at his daughter. "You magicians have some interesting terms. Not particularly reassuring ones. — Trudi Canavan

When you need Stayfree MaxiPads to absorb the expectorants produced by your insulted body, you are in serious fucking trouble. — Stephen King

It is also asserted that the election settled the matters of the war and the torture of prisoners. These are dead issues that no longer need be addressed. — Andrew Greeley

It's funny how you can miss someone desperately when they're standing right in front of you. — Heather Lyons

In times of tumult and transition the best leaders know when it is time to stop, unlearn, and relearn. — Liz Wiseman

Hasty learning can lead to mistakes, and magical mistakes tend to be more spectacular than healing mistakes. My father used to use that reasoning to explain why apprentices of magi drink far less than the students of healing."
Veran grinned. "'Healers wake up with a sore head," he used to say; 'magicians wake up with a sore head, our toes burned black and the roof on the floor. — Trudi Canavan

Education is not a steady process of accrual, but a touch-and-go contest between learning and forgetting, like frantically trying to fill a sink faster than it can empty through an open drain - which — Lionel Shriver

I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I have made mistakes in my life, but failing to care for my children is not one of them. — Jamal Lewis