Ed Martin Quotes
Forgive your child and yourself nightly. You didn't ask to live with the effects of ADHD any more than did your child.
Well...letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it in.
The truth will set us free. But freedom is cold and empty and frightening, and lies can often be warm and beautiful.
Appetite is governed by our thoughts, but hunger is governed by the body.
Silence gradually spread its great, fragile butterfly wings across the ward. The sun had disappeared, replaced by grey and rain. This particular month of July was reading the script for March.
I felt it. I heard the snap of my heart tearing in half. It wasn’t a messy, dirty rip like I’d expected, but a smooth, clean line that knew just where to break to hurt me the most.
He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet.
We are only human, and the Gods have fashioned us for love. This is our greatest glory and our greatest tragedy.
I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and man's wits. (...) And I believe there once were dragons. I've seen their skulls, after all.
It’s possible to be flippant here, when Jihadists fly aircraft into buildings they shout God is Great, what do atheists shout when they do it?
So do not waste my time. It is the most precious thing I have, time. It is the most precious thing any of us have.
...the man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.""...a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is.
A shy smile, strong arms, clever fingers, and two sure swords. What more could any woman want?
A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, but no man can own both,
His eyes close, and he draws a long breath. When they open again, they’re colder than ever. “And that’s where you’d be disappointed, Lou.There is no good to be found in Death.
A book can be as dangerous as a sword in the right hands, said Haldon.
No one needs to be around someone who dulls the shine on a brand new penny.
Humility is a virtue that one can find, in which God in heaven rejoices, and in His love he enfolds you, close to his heart He does bind.
Life belongs to optimists. Pessimists are just viewers. Making it real, starts with our attitude.
There are gods and there are true knights too. All the stories can't be lies.
Most of the stories you hear about dragons are fodder for fools.
The business of stories is not enchantment. The business of stories is not escape. The business of stories is waking up.
For ye will know not love, if ye knoweth not your God.
As a very young person, I was ready and willing to explore and try new things, unhampered by the daily routines that adults so often feel obligated to adhere to.
Don't apologize. You don't have to explain yourself. I choose you. I want you.
Make no choice, and you have chosen. Failure to decide, because you lack the right, is itself a decision, First Councilor. In abstaining, you vote.
Vast skies in the Australian desertwaves that don't movewe slide surf glide like condors
Now is the only time you have. Change is happening. Give up your desire to control the world
I have more concern for my nephew's welfare than for Lannister pride.
It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.
We lie on the blanket, our bare bodies basking in the sun like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Only our apples were bitten a long time ago, and we ate them too.
Theres something alluring and dangerous about him, but comforting and protective. When I think about him, my stomach knots, my heart rate quickens and...and I could go on... -Laney
She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a wolverine and all, but sometimes she felt like she was just a little girl after all.
She was smooth and beautiful under his rough, callused hands-an amorous balm to soothe the ugliness of war.
ab Americo Inventore ...quasi Americi terram sive AmericamFrom Amerigo the discoverer ...as if it were the land of Americus, thus America.
