Ed Martin Quotes
Power resides where men believe it resides. A very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Power, it seems, is one of those terms we all understand and can explain--until asked to do so.
I have some devotional books you can look over. Learn to quote from them. Nothing discourages unwanted questions as much as a flow of pious bleating.(Petyr Baelish to Sansa Stark)
Can a man still be brave if he's afraid? That is the only time a man can be brave.
Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?”“That is the only time a man can be brave,
Accept your dark side, understanding it will help you to move with the light. Knowing both sides of our souls, helps us all to move forward in life and to understand that, perfection doesn't exist.
She supposed this was the real definition of a mother – a woman who willingly allows her heart to break over and over again for her children.
This is not a contest with your child. The winner is not the one with more points. The winner is the one whose child still loves them when they graduate from high school.
So many parents think they always need to teach their children about life, when in fact, if they listened once in a while, they would learn from their kids what life is truly about.
Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride.
So now you are a woman. Do you have the least idea of what that means?It means that I am now fit to be wedded and bedded (...) and to bear children for the king.
Deception and self-deception are intimately intertwined. We fool ourselves in order to fool others, and we fool others in order to fool ourselves.
Can you drown in grief? She turned away sharply, angry with her own frailty. She had no time for the luxury of self-pity.
He was a pitiful thing. He had always been a pitiful thing. Why had she never seen that before? There was a hollow place inside her where her fear had been.
A great battle is a terrible thing, " the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart.
... creative output depends on creative input.
Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.
…This remains the great deficiency of literature: its imitation of nature cannot prepare you for the main events. For the main events, only experience will answer.
Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back.
Words are wind, and the wind from Manderly's mouth means no more than the wind escaping his bottom.
The past, the present, and the future walked into a bar. It was tense.
But words in a book were one thing. The true test came in battle.
The benefit of carrying the entire world on your shoulders was that you didn’t have to stare it in the face.
He cries behind his wall, I think, and no one knows, not even he. And no one will ever know, and in the end he’ll always be alone in smiling pain.
For those living in a dark cave... sometimes all it takes is for someone to throw us a lifeline.
Everybody makes mistakes, but when the same ones become consistent, they are commitments.
In the history of mankind, no single person yet has learned to swim by having the strokes explained. At some point, they dive in.
Just open your eyes! I thought. These desperate poor are your gurus.
You understand what I’m telling you, Tommy? You have a light inside you, and the only person who gets to decide whether that light shines or not is you.
These woods are as empty as you think, he had said. You cannot know what the light might summon from the darkness.
The lord of light made the sun and moon and stars to light our day, and gave us fire to keep the night at bay.
Hope is the light that flickers and burns eternally, when you remain steadfast with faith.
God has equipped me for battle, and is by my side leading me to victory.
God has already been in your tomorrow, and is working on your today.