Christopher Quotes
The leader acknowledges and eradicates the weeds in the garden, but keeps vision on the beauty they are creating and not on the weeds they are destroying
If you don’t know exactly where you are going (and why), that is exactly where you will end up.
Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you.
It is always perilous to suppose that the past is over and done with or that it can ever safely be disconnected from the pressing concerns of the present.
Suffering is humbling. It pays to know how to get your butt kicked.
Most of the time, thank goodness, we suffer quite stupidly and unreflectingly, like the animals.
Rory said he loved me but wouldn't hold my hand in public. & he wanted so badly to end the pain, but it never went away, it stayed with the people that loved him.
She had a smile that could put a froth on a cup of coffee, and she knew it.
IF YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE I’LL COME TO THEE. As Bob walked past he wondered how many gods that piece of advice might apply to.
When facing unbeatable odds, just think of yourself as unbeatably odd. (The Hero's Guide to Being a Hero)
Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not.
A lot of the names in Talon reference other people or events. For example Amelia, the giant Eagle, was a “tip of my hat” to the extraordinary aviator Amelia Earhart. Both love(d) to fly!
Darkness approaches from outside.I feel no light inside me strong enough to resist it.
Beware what you wish for, unless you have the grace to hope that your luck can be shared.
To the dumb question "Why me?" the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: why not?
No matter how careful we are, if we live long enough, eventually one of us will die. It is not a happy thought, but it is the truth. Such is the way of the world.
Hitting bottom is an inside job — it's something that happens within our consciousness.
The landscape had been so maimed by this new kind of warfare it was as if human architects of great genius had sat down to plan hell, since no two of them could agree on the design of heaven.
Understanding begets empathy and compassion even for the meanest beggar - Oromis
Time and suffering are inseperable. In life, as in physics, both are the common denominator of all experiences.
Language is always the companion of Empire and Empire . . . is one Monarch and one Sword.
Where the establishment emphasized humility, prudence, lineage, meritocracy celebrates ambition, achievement, brains&self-betterment
If someone tells me that I've hurt their feelings, I say, 'I'm still waiting to hear what your point is.
But centuries of time have not made me insensitive
When you are in love you know no fear or hatred. when you are fearful there is no possibility of love or hatred. And when there is hate, there is only hate.
Napoleon loved only himself, but, unlike Hitler, he hated nobody.
It is only when one is under extreme duress that one's true character is revealed.
If there’s any greater exhibit of the malleability of human nature than the sight of someone standing, absently waiting for the light to change at a deserted intersection, I don’t know what it is.
I thought you wanted to catch a camel, " you tried again."No.""I want to.""Well, you go then."You laughed. "I want your beautiful face where I can see it
A solitary finger of light fell upon it, illuminating motes of golden dust floating in the air.
Kids these days, right? Ignorant and in love with their ignorance.
I'm very depressed how in this country you can be told "That's offensive" as though those two words constitute an argument.
So, ” said Zia, “you’re gonna eat your way through the whole universe, top to bottom. And then what?
