“The world is full of fools eagerly waiting to hear what they long to be told.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“Is it not strange that the more someone has, the less he feels he has? Envy can never be sated.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“I cannot break the chains you forged against yourself.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“I was willing to wait to have someone like you. Someone who has passed every test, has remained constant and true.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“I will carry a mark on my heart for the rest of my life.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“People always believe the worst, even when rumors might later be proved false.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“The hunter is patient. The prey is careless. The”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“Be wary of his lies. The world is full of fools eagerly waiting to hear what they long to be told. A devious man will use that.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
“Happy is the one who has broken the chains that hurt the mind and has given up worrying once and for all.”
― Jeff Wheeler, quote from The Scourge of Muirwood
Jeff Wheeler
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“The Fates themselves grant us one or two places in our lives where the thread untwists and we can follow either one strand or the other. Better to know when and where those choices will come to us instead of being taken by surprise. “
“Why only one or two?” I asked, thinking of all the moments my life had already accumulated in which I’d chosen to follow a different path than the one most people would expect of me. “Why not say that every day lets me choose my own future?”
The priest chuckled. “What a gift you have for joking, Lady Helen! You know your future. You’ll be Sparta’s queen, living a life blessed by the gods. Your only surprises will be the name of your husband and whether your babies will be sons or daughters. You don’t need to visit the Pythia. But your noble brothers will be heroes, making their own futures; heroes should know what awaits them.”
“He’s right, Helen,” Castor said. “Polydeuces and I should know our fate.”
Castor’s fate? He didn’t need an oracle to discover that; I could tell him exactly what it would be. The young priest’s glib words were better than underground fumes for giving me a vision of what lay in store for both of my brothers: They were going to have their ears filled with flattery, then be persuaded to leave a rich gift at Apollo’s shrine just to hear some poor girl babble riddles while she choked half to death on smoke. Then they’d made another offering just to have Apollo’s priests translate the Pythia’s wild words. If their gifts to the sun god were too extravagant, I could also predict what Father would have to say about it when we got home.”
― Esther M. Friesner, quote from Nobody's Princess
“Stability itself is nothing but a more languid motion.”
― Stephen Greenblatt, quote from The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
“But young as I was, I suspected that a God who allows such cruelty wouldn’t have cared about bringing it to an end. I”
― Michelle Paver, quote from Dark Matter
“We went through all the usual exchanges dictated by Hollywood and polite society. She tried to scream and bite the palm of my hand, and I told her to be quiet because I wasn't going to hurt her unless she shouted. She shouted and I hurt her. Pretty standard stuff, really.”
― Hugh Laurie, quote from The Gun Seller
“I truly was Cinderella, only my prince threw away the glass slipper and stole me away before midnight struck. My prince was evil. My prince was the villain.”
― Pepper Winters, quote from Debt Inheritance
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