A tall rangy man in his late twenties. He had a powerful intellect and a scornful manner and he lived in a permanent state of righteous indignation.
They are simple people, you have to do something to keep their attention.
When you are about to be turned down, go for a postponement.
Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing that you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.
I never taught him to keep regular hours.
Building Kingsbridge was the most profoundly satisfying work he had ever done.
Perhaps greed will always outweigh wisdom in the councils of the mighty. Perhaps fear will always overcome compassion in the mind of a man with a sword in his hand.
With my body, I worship you.
Could the King do as he pleased or was he constrained? The power of the King was no absolute after all; he could be constrained by the will of the people.
The small boys came early to the hanging.
Philip stepped forward to whip the King. He was glad he had lived to see this. After today, he thought, the world will never be quite the same.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Sammy found that, for the first time in years, he was able to avail himself of the help of a confederate.
Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to.
New York never seems more beautiful than to a young man who has just pulled off something he knows is gonna knock 'em dead.
He felt contented and hopeful and, in spite of having slept no more than four hours at a stretch in the last week, not in the least tired.
And since Cimmeria [maternal rule] fell into eternal darkness, men have been making a hash of things. War, famine, slavery.
There is only one sure means in life of ensuring that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility, and disillusion. And that is always to ensure to the utmost of your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money.
But lately she had been starting to experience strong, inarticulate feelings of longing, of a desire to be with Joe all the time, to inhabit his life and allow him to inhabit hers. To engage with him in some kind of joint enterprise, in a collaboration that would be their lives.
He was able to get anywhere from 18 to 36 news broadcasts every day, from all over the world, through naturally, like most of the world, he favored the BBC.
Tried to lull himself to sleep...by imagining he lay floating on a black raft, on a warm black lagoon, in the blackness of a moonless tropical night.
It seemed her destiny to live among men whose solutions were invariably more complicated or extreme than the problems they were intended to solve.
Forget about what you are escaping from. Reserve your anxiety for what you are escaping to.
New York never seems more beautiful than to a young man who has just pulled off something he knows is gonna knock 'em dead.
He felt contented and hopeful and, in spite of having slept no more than four hours at a stretch in the last week, not in the least tired.
And since Cimmeria [maternal rule] fell into eternal darkness, men have been making a hash of things. War, famine, slavery.
There is only one sure means in life of ensuring that you are not ground into paste by disappointment, futility, and disillusion. And that is always to ensure to the utmost of your ability, that you are doing it solely for the money.
But lately she had been starting to experience strong, inarticulate feelings of longing, of a desire to be with Joe all the time, to inhabit his life and allow him to inhabit hers. To engage with him in some kind of joint enterprise, in a collaboration that would be their lives.
He was able to get anywhere from 18 to 36 news broadcasts every day, from all over the world, through naturally, like most of the world, he favored the BBC.
Tried to lull himself to sleep...by imagining he lay floating on a black raft, on a warm black lagoon, in the blackness of a moonless tropical night.
It seemed her destiny to live among men whose solutions were invariably more complicated or extreme than the problems they were intended to solve.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
It presupposes that magicians have some sort of duty to do magic, which is clearly nonsense.
I assure you, the British are a peculiarly unmilitary race.
Mr. Lascelles was one of that uncomfortable breed of men who despise steady employment of any sort.
Feats of magic will make your name known everywhere, sir, but they will never make your opinions understood. For that you must publish.
So may the love of money make an intelligent man small minded and ridiculous.
Everybody knows no one with red hair can ever truly be said to be handsome.
He drank very little now. Scarcely more than a bottle a day.
The Scottish captain...entertaining the [Native] Americans and teaching them to drink tea (presumably with the idea that once a man had learnt to drink tea, the other habits and qualities that make up a Briton would follow).
"Plans for Future Usefulness and Happiness"
He understood for the first time the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands.
It is the right of a traveler to vent their frustration at every minor inconvenience by writing of it to their friends.
His attention was given to the argument he was conducting with his neighbor as to whether the English magician had gone mad because he was a magician or because he was English.
I assure you, the British are a peculiarly unmilitary race.
Mr. Lascelles was one of that uncomfortable breed of men who despise steady employment of any sort.
Feats of magic will make your name known everywhere, sir, but they will never make your opinions understood. For that you must publish.
So may the love of money make an intelligent man small minded and ridiculous.
Everybody knows no one with red hair can ever truly be said to be handsome.
He drank very little now. Scarcely more than a bottle a day.
The Scottish captain...entertaining the [Native] Americans and teaching them to drink tea (presumably with the idea that once a man had learnt to drink tea, the other habits and qualities that make up a Briton would follow).
"Plans for Future Usefulness and Happiness"
He understood for the first time the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands.
It is the right of a traveler to vent their frustration at every minor inconvenience by writing of it to their friends.
His attention was given to the argument he was conducting with his neighbor as to whether the English magician had gone mad because he was a magician or because he was English.
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