“Fate is a lazy man’s excuse for avoiding curiosity.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“(Da) "Sorry, Son, what was that? I was too busy ignoring you."
(Later) "Sorry, Son, I missed that," Ma said. "Ignoring you can be a full-time job.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“Accusations are merely the envy of the unenlightened given form.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“Evidence is the debris of a careless mind.”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“You can only fail to pick the Castellan's pocket once”
― Brian Farrey, quote from The Vengekeep Prophecies
“She noticed Amos watching her. He had a dopey grin on his face.
"Seriously. Now?" she said. "We're talking about your captain going off to his death, and all that's going through your head right now is 'Ooh, boobies!”
― quote from Caliban's War
“Becoming the observer (step back) you begin to live in process, trusting where our source is taking you. You begin to detach from the outcome. That detachment allows you to stop fighting and allows things to just come to you; you no longer make things happen but allow them to show up. The fight is gone!”
― Wayne W. Dyer, quote from The Shift: Taking Your Life from Ambition to Meaning
“Max had to think about these new developments. He hadn't liked getting hit by a rock--his stomach still ached from then rock Judith had thrown--but then again, when his team had used rocks on Alexander, it had caused him to surrender. Now the Bad Guys only had three soldiers left, which would make victory for Max's team more likely. So now it made perfect sense. He was wrong to ban rocks, or even animals. The key was to use all the weapons at one's disposal, but to just make sure you won when you used them.”
― Dave Eggers, quote from The Wild Things
“She was aware of the two men in the room, both of them carrying their burden of history, their charms and flaws, their heaviness and guilt, for no adult was ever really without guilt of some sort.”
― Nancy Thayer, quote from Beachcombers
“Sometimes I feel as though the real things are passing me by. As though I've been pushed to the margins of life.”
― Margaret Leroy, quote from The Soldier's Wife
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