“Never say never. You never know when never may come.”
― T.A. Uner, quote from The Leopard Stratagem
“Learning from history helps us avoid repeating its mistakes.”
― T.A. Uner, quote from The Leopard Stratagem
“Life isn't always about answers... sometimes the questions themselves can enlighten us.”
― T.A. Uner, quote from The Leopard Stratagem
“Killing is nothing to be in awe of, it's like taking a piss, you do it only when you have to.”
― T.A. Uner, quote from The Leopard Stratagem
“Always remember, difficult situations are thrust upon those who have the power to influence events.”
― T.A. Uner, quote from The Leopard Stratagem
“Stupidity and wisdom meet in the same centre of sentiment and resolution, in the suffering of human accidents.”
― Michel de Montaigne, quote from The Complete Essays
“Grief, a type of sadness that most often occurs when you have lost someone you love, is a sneaky thing, because it can disappear for a long time, and then pop back up when you least expect it.”
― Lemony Snicket, quote from The Carnivorous Carnival
“I remember only a day
that was perhaps never intended for me,
it was an incessant day,
without origins, Thursday.
I was a man transported by chance
with a woman vaguely found,
we undressed
as if to die or swim or grow old
and we thrust ourselves one inside the other,
she surrounding me like a hole,
I cracking her like a bell,
for she was the sound that wounded me
and the hard dome determined to tremble.”
― Pablo Neruda, quote from The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
“Who is the best marshal they have?'
The sheriff thought on it for a minute. He said, 'I would have to weigh that proposition. There is near about two hundred of them. I reckon William Waters is the best tracker. He is a half-breed Comanche and it is something to see, watching him cut for sign. The meanest one is Rooster Cogburn. He is a pitiless man, double-tough, and fear don't enter into his thinking. He loves to pull a cork. Now L.T. Quinn, he brings his prisoners in alive. He may let one get by now and then but he believes even the worst of men is entitled to a fair shake. Also the court does not pay any fees for dead men. Quinn is a good peace officer and a lay preacher to boot. He will not plant evidence or abuse a prisoner. He is straight as a string. Yes, I will say Quinn is about the best they have.'
I said, 'Where can I find this Rooster?”
― Charles Portis, quote from True Grit
“Life is funny that way. Sometimes the dumbest thing you do turns out to be the smartest.”
― Robyn Mundell, quote from Brainwalker
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