Xathanael Quotes & Sayings

Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys. — Mark Akenside

She slammed down the phone. The sharp bang shattered my heart like a bottle hitting the sidewalk — Susan Crandall

Today the House has a chance to give 25 million married couples the best Valentine's Day gift possible, elimination from the most unfair of taxes, the marriage tax penalty. — Jerry Weller

The thing is," said J. Karacehennem, whose last name was Turkish for Black Hell, "that we've spent like, what, two or three hundred years wrestling with existentialism, which really is just a way of asking, Why are we on this planet? Why are people here? Why do we lead our pointless lives? All the best philosophical and novelistic minds have tried to answer these questions and all the best philosophical and novelistic minds have failed to produce a working answer. Facebook is amazing because finally we understand why we have hometowns and why we get into relationships and why we eat our stupid dinners and why we have names and why we own idiotic cars and why we try to impress our friends. Why are we here, why do we do all of these things? At last we can offer a solution. We are on Earth to make Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg richer. There is an actual, measurable point to our striving. I guess what I'm saying, really, is that there's always hope. — Jarett Kobek

I'm sorry I cried all over you," I said.
"That's what I'm here for. I'm your personal tissue. Among other, more fun things, but I'm multipurpose."
"I like those fun things. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

One of the critical skills in creative work is note-taking. Practically all the great geniuses of our culture, ranging from Leonardo to Edison, from Hemingway to Picasso, have been almost pathological note-takers. — Lauri Jarvilehto

Maybe they're not surrendering," said the smirking soldier in false consolation. "Maybe they all just really had to piss. — Laini Taylor