So feathers or lead? I asked him. Pardon? It is the riddle of the kallikanzaros. Pick one. Feathers? You’re wrong. If I had said lead’ . . .? Uh-uh. You only have one chance. The correct answer is wha...
Pijesak, kamenje, vjetar, još narančastije nebo, gomila plosnatih oblaka prema kojima je padalo sunce...Potom duge sjene, umiranje vjetra, mir...Samo zvuk kopita na kamenju i zvuci našeg disanja... Pr...
Personal feelings don't make for good politics, legal decisions, or business deals.
Mina olin tellinud lihtsalt hobuse. Et ma saaksin kaaslastega sammu pidada, selleks oleks kõlvanud iga vana heinahävitaja.
I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I am a liar.
I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.
Някои неща никога не се променят. Те отдавна са престанали да съществуват като предмети и се извисяват като събития, които никога няма да бъдат изравнени със земята в онази последователност на нещата,...
We avoided their swarms by putting one foot in front of another without pause and making noises of our own. We didn’t step on anybody who squashed.
When I said I wanted to die in my sleep, I meant I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.
Tänan, ütlesin [Merlin]. Nüüd olen ma kõigeks valmis.Sa võid nii enesekindluse huvides väita, ütles Vialle, aga ära seda kunagi usu.
I wonder as to the value of consciousness, said Jack, if it does not change the nature of a beast.
I have no objection to the expression of political opinions in SF if they are an integral part of the story structure. I don't at all appreciate their intrusion for the purpose of converting a story i...
Years have passed, I suppose. I'm not really counting them anymore. But I think of this thing often: Perhaps there is a Golden Age someplace, a Renaissance for me sometime, a special time somewhere, s...
Thus did I bear Sir Lancelot du Lac to the Keep of Ganelon, whom I trusted like a brother. That is to say, not at all.
The thing had been quite unpremeditated on my part. I had not even thought of her as a woman until she came into my arms and revised my thinking on the subject.
Of course it does not apply to me. I am the soul of honor, kindness, mercy and goodness. Trust me in all things.
No mida kuradit! Lahing ei kuulu alati tugevatele ja võitma kipuvad meeldivad tüübid, sest just nemad kirjutavad pärast mälestusi.
My mind spun for a second before it drifted, and in that second I knew that of all pleasures—a drink of cold water when you are thirsty, liquor when you are not, sex, a cigarette after many days witho...
Man is the sum total of everything he has done, wishes to do or not to do, and wishes he had done, or hadn't.
In the mirrors of the many judgments, my hands are the color of blood. I sometimes fancy myself an evil which exists to oppose other evils; and on that great Day of which the prophets speak but in whi...