“A girl nearby muttered,"If that's a lady, I'm a cat."
Reaching out, Sandry lifted the pitcher of milk from the table. Cradling it in both hands, she walked over to the mutterer.
I am Sandrilene fa Toren, daughter of Count Mattin fer Toren and his countess, Amiliane fa Landreg. I am the great-niece of his grace, Duke Vedris of this realm of Emelan, and cousin of her Imperial Highness, Empress Berenene of the Namorn Empire. You are Esmelle ei Pragin, daughter of Baron Witten en Pragin and his lady Colledia of House Wheelwright, a merchant house. If I tell you my friend is a lady, then you"- carefully she poured milk into Esmelle's plate-"you had best start lapping, kitty."
She set the pitcher down and returned to her chair.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Sandry's Book
“Sandry: "I am silly, now and then. My mother said I was, anyway."
Daja: "If you know, you can stop it."
Sandry: "Then you've never been silly or you'd know it just creeps up without any warning.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Sandry's Book
“Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Sandry's Book
“Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Sandry's Book
“Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets, she said in Tradertalk. Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle.
(Sandry to Daja, referring to her conversation with Tris.)”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Sandry's Book
“If thanks was what I wanted," Sandry replied in the same language, "I would be sad indeed. Since I don't want it, I won't miss it.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Sandry's Book
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“We have so many churches these days that instead of reaching the unchurched are unchurching the churched"
~ Dr. Michael Horton”
― quote from So Much More
“Champlain missing was so much more potent than Champlain found.”
― Louise Penny, quote from Bury Your Dead
“— Страхуват се — каза Перец. — Аз също се страхувам. Но аз се страхувам не само от теб, страхувам се и за теб. Още не ги познаваш. Впрочем и аз малко ги познавам. Знам само, че са способни на всякакви крайности — до най-висшите степени на тъпотата и мъдростта, на жестокостта и съжалението, на яростта и въздържанието. В тях няма само едно: разбиране. Винаги са заменяли разбирането с някакъв сурогат — вяра, неверие, равнодушие, пренебрежение. Кой знае защо винаги излиза, че така е по-просто. По-просто е да повярваш, отколкото да разбереш. По-просто е да се разочароваш, отколкото да разбереш. Между другото аз утре заминавам, но това още нищо не значи. Тук не мога да ти помогна, тук всичко е много непробиваемо и застояло. Тук вече очевидно съм излишен, чужд. Но аз ще намеря приложение на силите си, не се страхувай. Да, те могат непоправимо да те осквернят, но затова също трябва време — да намерят най-ефективният, най-икономичният и преди всичко най-простият метод. Ние пък ще се преборим, ако има за какво да се борим… Довиждане.”
― Arkady Strugatsky, quote from The Snail on the Slope
“He HAD seen the world. It had been scary at times, but also exhilarating. Who could have imagined it would be such a complicated, interesting place?...When you saw different parts of the world, you saw different parts of yourself. And when you stayed home, where it was safe, those parts of yourself also stayed hidden. ”
― Elise Broach, quote from Masterpiece
“but you can't spend your whole life hoping people will ask you the right questions. you must learn to love and answer the questions they already ask.”
― Elizabeth McCracken, quote from The Giant's House
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