Vlasta Mudrikova Quotes & Sayings

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards. — Antony Beevor

It tastes good, garlic and salt in it,
with the half-sweet white wine of Orvieto
on scanty grass under great trees
where the ramparts cuddle Lucca.
It sounds right, spoken on the ridge
between marine olives and hillside
blue figs, under the breeze fresh
with pollen of Apennine sage.
It feels soft, weed thick in the cave
and the smooth wet riddance of Antonietta's
bathing suit, mouth ajar for
submarine Amalfitan kisses.
It looks well on the page, but never
well enough. Something is lost
when wind, sun, sea upbraid
justly an unconvinced deserter. — Basil Bunting

You could buy a car for fifty thousand dollars. A really nice car." Ascanio's eyes lit up. "A Hummer. You could buy a converted Hummer."
"You don't need a Hummer." I said.
"Chicks dig the Hummer."
"You don't need any chicks either."
He gave me an injured look. "I have needs."
"I have needs too and right now I need you to concentrate on tracking down Jamar's collection. Get to it."
- Andrea & Ascanio — Ilona Andrews

You were the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen. You have always mesmerized me. — Lex Martin

Nobody approves of the ballerina and the poor boy. — Nichele Reese

Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It's not. The U.S. federal government created all these sectors. — Ha-Joon Chang

There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail. — Swami Vivekananda

If there is no transformation inside of us, all the structural change in the world will have no impact on our institutions. — Peter Block

Who said anything about sleeping? I'm talking about sex. Good sex. Lots of it."
That puts a flush on her pretty cheeks and she laughs. "I don't want to have sex with you."
I pat her hand. "Now you're just being silly. The cat-and-mouse game can be tantalizing, but it's not necessary." My voice drops to a whisper. "I'm a sure thing. — Emma Chase

Nothing can be changed in the system when the system itself is revolting against those who opposed violence. — Nilantha Ilangamuwa

We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World. — Charles Darwin

When we are easily upset it is because we are internally unstable and unrefined spiritually. — Bryant McGill

Fear comes, but fear passes. — Marianne Williamson

I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what it would be like to do something like that, but use my lyrics and my kind of style. — Marc Almond