Volger Quotes & Sayings

But people normally marry, and then they want that locked in time, so they think they're not going to change. We're going to change. Everybody's going to change. So accepting that changes are part of our lives makes marriage a blessing and not a curse, because love is stronger than anything else. — Paulo Coelho

When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh ... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny. — Rainbow Rowell

As one does a bear riding a bicycle. One sees it so rarely.
(Spoken by Volger, on Deryn) — Scott Westerfeld

One cannot quite trust the word of potted flowers," thought the butterfly; "they have too much to do with men. — Hans Christian Andersen

Have a little faith in me, Volger." "I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance. — Scott Westerfeld

Did you really think I was too fragile to know what Deryn was?"
"Fragile?" Volger looked about. "I hadn't thought so, but now I find you brooding in a bathroom. This doesn't speak well of your sturdiness. — Scott Westerfeld

He thinks Goliath can end the war," Alek managed at last. "The man wants peace!"
"As do we all," Count Volger said. "But there are many ways to end a war. Some are more peaceful than others. — Scott Westerfeld

Volger looked out across the glacier, his hands deep in his pockets. "May I be frank?"
Alek laughed. "Feel free to put aside your usual tact."
"I shall," Volger said. "When your father decided to marry Sophie, I was one of those who tried to talk him out of it."
"So I have your dismal powers of
persuasion to thank for my existence."
"You're very welcome. — Scott Westerfeld

To be really beautiful, something has to be a little bit vulnerable, don't you think? — Rory Dunlop

Genius is the father of a heavenly line, but the mortal mother, that is industry. — Theodore Parker

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city."
"There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window. — Scott Westerfeld

Sometimes God brings relationships to an end as a way to move us along to where he has called us to go. — Melanie Shankle

He took his own saber by the blade and handed it to Alek, pommel first, as if offering it to a victor. — Scott Westerfeld

And what can we conclude from this lesson, Your Highness?"
Alek glared at the man. "We can conclude, Count Volger, that discussing politics while fencing is idiotic. — Scott Westerfeld

He says to me, Ranulph, he says ... that the past will never come again, but that we must remember that the past is made of the present, and that the present is always here. — Hope Mirrlees

Less is more. I truly believe in buying a few pieces with better construction. — Stacy London

It was a time when I imagined getting married in a simple, wishful way. The time when someone promised to take care of you, promised they would notice if you were sad, or tired, or hated food that tasted like the chill of the refrigerator. Who promised their lives would run parallel to yours. My mother must have known and stayed anyway, and what did that mean about love? It was never going to be safe - all the mournful refrains of songs that despaired you didn't love me the way I loved you. — Emma Cline

Around the time the Beatles were on Ed Sullivan, I was already in a band. — Dan Fogelberg

Sprinkled across the black waters below were at least a hundred small boats set out to greet the Leviathan, their navigation lights like shifting stars. Among them loomed a glittering cruise liner, her fog horn bellowing in the night. The low groan grew into a chorus as the other great ships in the harbor joined in.
Perched on Volger's desk, Bovril attempted to imitate the horns, but wound up sounding like a badly blown tuba.
Alek smiled. "But they're already singing our praises!"
"They are Americans," Volger said. "They toot their horns for anything. — Scott Westerfeld

You have a bad habit of listing anything that can go wrong, Volger."
"I have always considered that a good habit — Scott Westerfeld

Playing live is such a total visceral experience, and really, as a musician, you're trained from the beginning to be a live performer. — Geddy Lee

You will find solution, if you have a passionate, strong desire to breakthrough — Sunday Adelaja