“The course of history is determined not by battles, by sieges, or usurpation, but by the individuals. The strongest army is, at its most basic level, a collection of individuals. Their decisions, their passions, their foolishness, and their dreams shape the years to come. If there is any lesson to be learned from history, it is that all too often the fate of armies, of cities, of entire realms rests upon the actions of one person's decision, good or bad, right or wrong, big or small, can unwittingly change the world.
But history can be quite the slattern. One never knows who that person is, where he might be, or what decision he might male.
It is almost enough to make me believe in destiny.”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Furies of Calderon
“Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness
begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Furies of Calderon
“Tavi looked wildly around the courtyard, and when his gaze flicked toward them, his face lit witha ferocious smile. "Uncle Bernard! Uncle Bernard!" he shouted, pointing at Doroga. "He followed me home! Can we keep him?”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Furies of Calderon
“Kord sees power as something to satisfy his desires, instead of a tool to protect and serve the people beholden to him. It’s a stupid attitude, and it will eventually get him killed—but until then it makes him dangerous.”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Furies of Calderon
“In for a sheep, in for a gargant.”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Furies of Calderon
“Ad hominem is a notoriously weak logical argument. And is usually used to distract the focus of a discussion - to move it from an indefensible point and to attack the opponent.
~ Lord Aquitainus Attis ~ Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher”
― Jim Butcher, quote from Furies of Calderon
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“If you don't want a generation of robots, fund the arts!”
― Cath Crowley, quote from Graffiti Moon
“Rose clasped her hands and stared into his eyes, loving him, drinking in his love for her, for the last time.”
― Melanie Dickerson, quote from The Healer's Apprentice
“Then I understood that a survivor has no right to bring a complaint. Whoever survives has won his case, he has no right and no cause to bring charges; he has emerged the stronger, the more cunning, the more obstinate, from the struggle.”
― Sándor Márai, quote from Embers
“Montei, fui trotando travado. Diadorim e o Caçanje iam já mais longe, regulado umas duzentas braças. Arte que perceberam que eu vinha, se viraram nas selas. Diadorim levantou o braço, bateu mão. Eu ia estugar, esporeei, queria um meio-galope, para logo alcançar os dois. Mas, aí, meu cavalo f’losofou: refugou baixo e refugou alto, se puxando para a beira da mão esquerda da estrada, por pouco não deu comigo no chão. E o que era, que estava assombrando o animal, era uma folha seca esvoaçada, que sobre se viu quase nos olhos e nas orêlhas dele. Do vento. Do vento que vinha, rodopiado. Redemoinho: o senhor sabe — a briga de ventos. O quando um esbarra com outro, e se enrolam, o dôido espetáculo. A poeira subia, a dar que dava escuro, no alto, o ponto às voltas, folharada, e ramarêdo quebrado, no estalar de pios assovios, se torcendo turvo, esgarabulhando. Senti meu cavalo como meu corpo. Aquilo passou, embora, o ró-ró. A gente dava graças a Deus. Mas Diadorim e o Caçanje se estavam lá adiante, por me esperar chegar. — “Redemunho!” — o Caçanje falou, esconjurando. — “Vento que enviesa, que vinga da banda do mar...” — Diadorim disse. Mas o Caçanje não entendia que fosse: redemunho era d’Ele — do diabo. O demônio se vertia ali, dentro viajava. Estive dando risada. O demo! Digo ao senhor. Na hora, não ri? Pensei. O que pensei: o diabo, na rua, no meio do redemunho... Acho o mais terrível da minha vida, ditado nessas palavras, que o senhor nunca deve de renovar. Mas, me escute. A gente vamos chegar lá. E até o Caçanje e Diadorim se riram também. Aí, tocamos.”
― João Guimarães Rosa, quote from Grande Sertão: Veredas
“Do you realise how much trouble you're in?"
"Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from Scorpia
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