Zeluppian Quotes & Sayings

Lente, lente currite, noctis equi. Translation: Run slowly, slowly, horses of the night. — Ovid

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it! — Robert Collier

In an age of unscrupulous and shameless book-making, it is a duty to give notice of the rubbish that cumbers the ground. There is no credit, no real power required for this task. It is the work of an intellectual scavenger, and far from being specially honorable. — Richard Holt Hutton

There is always power in holding a secret. — Robin Hobb

Mathematics becomes very odd when you apply it to people. One plus one can add up to so many different sums — Michael Frayn

I learned that life, it's beautiful to be alive. I saw a lot of people dead there. When I got out of there, I was happy I was out, happy I was alive. — Ed Figueroa

All I can do is play the game the way the cards fall. — James A. Michener

He had been young once and limitless, and then somehow his life became a foregone conclusion. An almost was, not even a has been. — Noah Hawley

And finally we get addicted to our sadness. — Avijeet Das

We are the relationships that make us; we have our being in and through relationships that place us into reality, and therefore we are open ontologically to the possibility of encounter. — Andrew Root

He could gaze upon a particular deep shade of green and pick out every nuance of the color. Zeluppian Fern Green, his mind would inform him. Gray, said his soul. Just a shade of gray with a greenish name. His well-trained tongue could pick out every flavor of a sweetmeat. Honey from bees fed only cowslip nectar, his mind would tell him, with cherries marinated for twenty-one years in peach-and-saffron brandy. Ash, said his soul. Ash and dust. Even — Frances Hardinge

The bond of love will unite the world. — Lailah Gifty Akita