That was a day that taught me the meaning of abject failure.
“Nothing is what one thinks it is. Cloth is stone and circus is an art. There are no certainties.”
“I've never thought much of strictly organised and methodical study. You can't arrange a library in alphabetical order until you've collected one.”
“Ordinary folk prefer familiar tastes - they'd sooner eat the same things all the time - but a gourmet would sample a fried park bench just to know how it tastes.”
“Sibyl, what do you want?I want to live, the Sibyl said, and her voice rang rich and full. I want to keep on living forever and watching heroes and fools and knights go up and down, into the world a...”
“When God is driven to the periphery of the public square, the human spiritual capacity longs for exercise, and it often finds it in the suspension of disbelief and activity of the imagination that ...”
“When is a monster not a monster? Oh, when you love it.”
“Can a heart explode from too much love and happiness?”
“It doesnt hurt much. I dont know how it looks he lowered his hand and turned his face to the side but it cant be that bad. What do you think? Youd date me, right?Alex pushed him away, grinning. Y...”
“No tragedies here, Roar. This world will make you a victim every chance it gets. Don't let it.”
“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”
“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”
“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”