Maxine,” Grant said, but I barely heard him. I was lost in that vision, in those emotions—the pain, and hunger for pain, forming the root of so much agonized rage. “ ‘Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate,’” I muttered. “Yoda, from S...
PLATITUDE, The fundamental element and special glory of popular literature. A thought that snores in words that smoke. The wisdom of a million fools in the diction of a dullard. A fossil sentiment in artificial rock. A moral without the fable. All th...
My gosh," I said, "another human being." "You'll never know how human," she said. "Maybe I will," I said. "I could try." I did try, and I do try, and I give you the toast of a happy man: May the warm springs of the girl pool never run dry. --"Girl Po...
Her pleasure went on and on, and so did Ben's. Ben could almost smell the gardenia, could almost see her pinning it on, her hands all thumbs. "You're selling your store?" she said. There was radiance between them now. There were overtones and underto...
The great triumph (or horrible tragedy, depending on how you look at it) of being human is that our brains have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years to understand our mortality. We are, sadly, self-aware creatures. Even if we move through the ...
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploi...
Love is a spell created by mortals
Problems are mortal. Solutions live forever.
Ignorance of mortality is a comfort.
Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
Reason is immortal, all else mortal.
As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
You have never talked to a mere mortal.
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
I've read the 'Mortal Instruments' series; I was obsessed with those.
Plans are invitation to disappointment.
Los mortales se olvidan de advertir que el tiempo pasa.
Truth is immortal; error is mortal.
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
