They had done nothing but wait, and had become poetical. How easy to the smallest building; how impossible to most men.
Gods and men create one another, destroy one another, though by different means.
All men are born firstly with the instinct to protect themselves. But few grow to really love themselves, and even fewer learn to love their neighbor as themselves.
Peaceful disputes are maintained when men sincerely believe that they are morally, logically correct about the issues at hand. It is when neither side is really certain that wars are instigated.
The weather is nature's disruptor of human plans and busybodies. Of all the things on earth, nature's disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.
We men are fascinated by the things we don't really understand. It gives us something to think and talk about: like females, they drive us nuts.
Men seek a great deal, but fatally close, albeit very different, is one's pride in proving oneself right with one's zeal for finding the truth.
Somehow he had catapulted himself beyond the world's value system. But this very fact lay upon him an awesome responsibility to maintain the illusions of other men.
Stimulated by the juice, I believe, men have even been known to ride alligators.
So much is yet to come. Soon will be blankets and pillows, and books by the bed to make the stuff of dreams. And then tomorrows.
The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I.
It is not triumph which defines a man, but tragedy. Triumph always brings out the best in men, but tragedy shows us what we are made of.
Men like to create unnecessary organizations and give them impressive or mysterious names; this usually ends in increased confusion, and should therefore be ignored.
The army don’t teach enlisted men how to fly,” I said, trying to hold onto my dignity. “We gotta do that for ourselves.
I nursed that flame as if it were my only son, and all round the ram nineteen other men did likewise.
Did you forget who I am? Finding out the lies of men is my specialty." -Vashti
Why can a Grisha possess but one amplifier? I will answer this question instead: What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.
If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
Flannel shirts should be outlawed for ex husbands; I realize this now. Flannel shirts are to women what crotchless panties are to men.
Miss Fitt, you know curiosity gets men killed." I grinned. "Then I daresay it's good I'm a woman.
When it comes to men, it's often easier done than said.
