But that is enough of such worrying. The river is waiting, and our hearts must be light, so we can faster travel.
But our own selves are like pearls, created by layer after layer of present laid over past until the original thing is completely hidden.
Books are a form of magic— the doctor lifted the volume he had just laid on the stack, —because they span time and distance more surely than any spell or charm.
A piece of writing is a trap, he said cheerily, and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap that keeps its captive—which is knowledge—alive forever.
A proud man who could do more than he is asked to do. It is not good for the spirit.
When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren’t many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity—a waste of precious time and effort. The
To fight a war, you must believe it can accomplish something. We fight this one to save John’s kingdom, or perhaps even to save all of mankind... but isn’t that what we always think? That all wars are...
Sometimes you men are like lizards, sunning on the stones of a crumbled house, thinking: ‘what a nice basking-spot someone built for me.
Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival.
Listen. We have always had Sacrifices and they have always done their duty without question. But in the days and years ahead, we need something different. We need Builders
Do you listen to the wolves, Seoman? Jiriki asked. It’s hard n-not to. They sing such fierce songs. The Sitha shook his head. They are like your mortal kind. They sing of where they have been, and wha...
Code Delphi. Hmmm. My choice of a code phrase to mark out these entries begins to seem . . . rather Delphic. In any case
COME AWAY, dreamer, come away. Soon you will witness things that only sleepers and sorcerers can see. Climb onto the wind and let it bear you—yes, it is a swift and frightening steed, but there are le...
Briony’s ladies-in-waiting kept their distance, as though their mistress had some illness which might spread—and indeed she did, Briony thought, because unhappiness was ambitious.
And you, a king’s daughter, who willingly gave herself to me—who brought me to her bed? Are you so high and pure? She
And here comes The Aeneid, right on schedule, Martine said. Paul looked at her, but if it was a joke, she wasn’t smiling.
Ah, yes. ‘‘Errors of caution are more likely to be considered at leisure than errors of boldness – but less likely to be considered after a victory.’’ In other words, if you are too careful, you are m...
A man whose wisdom is true does not sit in waiting for the world to come at him piece by piece for proving its existence!
You're pretty hard-boiled, Tinker Bell.-Call me that name again and you'll be wondering how your bollocks wound up lodged in your windpipe--from below. Just because we don't get to your side of things...
You were not required to study the Grail process, Ms. Dedoblanco, but I would have thought it worth your while. Wells frowned.