“Music has power to create a universe or to destroy a civilization.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“Muses had a way of killing those whom they inspired.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“All my life I have studies the peculiar powers of music. It has a force of its own that few would deny.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“Affaires meant 'business.' How like the French to kill two birds with one stone.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do. —Savielly Tartakover (Polish GM)”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“Nim unwrapped a loaf of fresh dilled rye bread and opened a crock of trout mousse. He slathered up a big slice and handed it to me. [...] We had thinly sliced veal smothered in kumquat sauce, fresh spinach with pine nuts, and fat red beefsteak tomatoes (impossibly rare at this time of year) broiled and stuffed with lemon apple sauce. The wide, fan-shaped mushrooms were sauteed lightly and served as a side dish. The main course was followed by a salad of red and green baby lettuce with dandelion greens and toasted hazelnuts.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“Taktika se sastoji u tome da znaš šta da uradiš kada nešto može da se uradi. Strategija se sastoji u tome da znaš šta da uradiš kada ništa ne može da se uradi.
Savelij Tartakover (poljski velemajstor)”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“But Mathematics are music,' Bach replied. And the reverse is also true. Whether you believe the word 'music' came from 'Musa,' the Muses, or from 'muta,'...it makes no difference. If you think 'mathematics' came from 'mathanein,' which is learning, or from 'Matrix," the womb or mother of all creation, it matters not...”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“Sevgili Courtiade," dedi. "İhanet yalnızca bir tarih meselesidir.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“...We have to dare, to dare again, always to dare...!”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“But don't you hear what I've said?' David cried. 'It's this very vengeance and betrayal that's torn our country apart. Where will it end? If we believe in God, we must believe in a divine justice that in time will restore sanity.'
'I have no time,' said Mireille. 'I will not wait for God.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
“Las musas tenían por costumbre aniquilar a los que inspiraban.”
― Katherine Neville, quote from The Eight
Katherine Neville
Born place: in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States
Born date April 4, 1945
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“The law is not something holy, son. It's just a reflection of the ideals of those lucky enough to be in charge.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Shadows of Self
“my heart has developed a kind of amnesia, where it remembers everything but itself.”
― Sabrina Benaim, quote from Depression & Other Magic Tricks
“Success comes as a result of preparing oneself for inspiration, and then being willing to pay attention to it and do what it says. I've learned that before I make big decisions, I must first have a clear picture in mind and on paper of the outcome I am seeking.”
― quote from The Jackrabbit Factor: Why You Can
“It was about a girl who helps an ugly old woman who turns out to be a good fairy in disguise. Inner values versus shallow appearances.”
― Connie Willis, quote from Bellwether
“It is a hard thing for a rich man to grow poor; but it is an awful thing for him to grow dishonest, and some kinds of speculation lead a man deep into dishonesty before he thinks what he is about. Poverty will not make a man worthless—he may be of worth a great deal more when he is poor than he was when he was rich; but dishonesty goes very far indeed to make a man of no value—a thing to be thrown out in the dust-hole of the creation, like a bit of broken basin, or dirty rag.”
― George MacDonald, quote from At the Back of the North Wind
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