Xebecs Quotes & Sayings

Fry me an optimist for breakfast. — Mark Twain

He felt great. spa'dassins digladiate; ziffidae and xebecs contend! gol-iard dunking! — Iain M. Banks

One of the extraordinary adaptive powers of our species is its ability to transmute a stray encounter into a first chapter. — Joe Hill

You do care a little for me, I know ... but nothing to speak of, and you don't love me. I was yours once till death if you'd cared to keep me, but I'm someone else's now ... and he's mine in a way that shocks you, but why don't you stop being shocked, and attend to your own happiness. — E. M. Forster

The Master said, "The gentleman does not serve as a vessel."
(Analects 2.12) — Confucius

We're just like the antiques. We grow old and get scarred and beat up along the way, and the only question becomes whether we're going to make it until we realize what we already have is valuable." --Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale — Lynda Rutledge

Men dream more about coming home than about leaving. — Paulo Coelho

Remember it's me. Please — Maggie Stiefvater

His eyes had something dull about them, expressionless, the bored look of a mediocre intelligence that wrongly supposes it has seen it all before. — Herman Koch

I once dreamt of being a writer, to have my words known by many from many countries; this dream i dreamt came true ... so why cant your dream come true too? Rayvon L Browne does not believe in the word cant - Rayvon L Browne — Rayvon L. Browne

I am a whole lot of trouble. — Leona Lewis

'Rock of Love' with Bret Michaels was fun. He's a lovable guy. — Kristen Schaal

You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for. — Christopher Dawson