Quotes of: Setting-sun Keyword

In this world, family is the final, most elemental unit of power. A small group, helplessly bound together by blood with a shared set of skills and tools for consolidating power and subjugating others.

Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega

I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...

The Little Prince

Sometimes we need fellow radicals to remind us of what we, as writers, have set out to proclaim.

The Lost Library: Gay Fiction Rediscovered

The limited mind owned by human.. requires billions of brains of many generations, before capable enough to understand the truth, the kind of truth which will set us free.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.

Student's Encyclopedia of American Literary Characters Set

I wondered how far I should turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one's own personality every man sets up for himself secretly.

The Secret Sharer

Observe this fact: in the history of mankind, every ruler who has lacked personal greatness has been forced to compensate for the deficiency by setting up the executioner at his right hand like a guardian angel

Stello

How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book but merely having glimpsed the cover.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

If I want to feel as if I'm being sucked down a fathomless gloomy tunnel for hours and hours then I have a complete set of Schopenhauer at home.

The Teleportation Accident

If positivity is not your mindset, then reset

And That's Why I'm Single: What Good Is Having A Lucky Horseshoe Up Your Butt When The Horse Is Still Attached?

Little tree filled his lungs with the white airness of the night, as if he were going to fly. The living voice of his parents. Elisha's eyes. These were reasons enough to set off on another adventure. Reasons to be Toby Lolness again.

Toby Alone

In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture.

Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity

I (Percy) set Nico on guard duty with Beckendorf and the Stoll brothers, figuring he'd be safely out of the way. ... "What's happening?" Nico demanded, trying to climb up next to me.

The Titan's Curse

He could have set fire to it, the garden was dry enough, and burned it clean—privet, vines, and weeds; but he waited in his rooms through the winter instead, weeping and dreaming.

Omensetter's Luck

There is a pivotal point in every interaction between humans which sets the course in their relationship. Do you hide or do you shine? Which way are you going to go? Hide or shine?

Pretty Hate

What sets lion chasers apart isn’t the outcome. It’s the courage to chase God-sized dreams.

In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day: How to Survive and Thrive When Opportunity Roars

A distinctive appearance and a simple set of characteristics lead to an extremely flexible brand. (pg. 38)

Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World

I will murder you by the billions to give you immortality. I will set fire to your civilization to light your way forward. But know this: My species is not defined by your dying, but by your living.

Robopocalypse

A sister should set her brother up with one of her friends, unless her only friend is her sister.

This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

That name was a sadistic play on the Underground Railroad that smuggled American slaves north. The old Nazis set up their own version and used it mainly to move their people. They called it Die Spinne.

Treasure of Saint-Lazare