Yangna Tongva Quotes & Sayings

The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable. — Aldous Huxley

Syra had to bite back a laugh at the bird's nest comment and opted for a more characteristic gesture that summed up her thoughts on his opinion of her hair with one finger. — Alex Morgan

It was in her nature to love and to nurture; she would not leave those feelings within herself to fester and sour, but instead she chose someone who would receive her gifts gladly. She did not hold herself to be so special that only one special person could she find satisfactory. — Sena Jeter Naslund

What?" he says all innocent-like and shrugs. "I like it. Besides, I paid good money for that artwork." A smirk plays on his full lips. — Shannon Duffy

What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle. — Ian McShane

Once I engage in something, I really engage in it, and I love the process of reading and researching because I come from an academic background. — Michael Hirst

There is an old joke about socialism as the synthesis of the highest achievements of the whole human history to date: from prehistoric societies it took primitivism; from the Ancient world it took slavery; from medieval society brutal domination; from capitalism exploitation; and from socialism the name.. — Slavoj Zizek

What you can't pay back you pay forward. — Jo Walton

Hey, I can cook." "How do you know? You haven't eaten anything since before the Norman Conquest." "I've never had any complaints." "Given the infants you date, I'm not surprised. You could serve them sawdust and they'd eat it with a smile, dazzled by the swing of your broadsword." "What do you know about the swing of my broadsword?" "More than I care to. Women talk." Which shut him up, as he started wondering who'd said what. — Angela Knight

Pain isn't just losing the person you love. Pain is losing the person you love, seeing them with somebody else, and not interfering because you know you can't give them the life they deserve. — Claire Contreras