Quotes of: Tale Keyword

IMBALANCE Do not let one negative carry the same weight as ninety nine positives Kamil Ali

Profound Vers-A-Tales

LINK OUT OF SYNC When the mind fails to keep pace with the body's maturity Kamil Ali

Profound Vers-A-Tales

WHO WHAT WHERE WHY WHEN Personality redefines character through phases of wisdom at different ages

Profound Vers-A-Tales

SOLVE BY RESOLVE - Use lessons learned from failed attempts to reinforce commitment

Profound Vers-A-Tales

UNDAUNTED PURSUIT Success, however measured, is the seat of a stool with three legs of determination, focus and resilience

Profound Vers-A-Tales

POSTHUMOUS POSTPONEMENT FACT: Unlike airplanes, many dreams take off after the pilot's departure Kamil Ali

Profound Vers-A-Tales

GENES G raft of yourself E endowment N ew generation E volution S urvival Kamil Ali

Profound Vers-A-Tales

GIFT-WRAPPED BULLION The color of our skin does not determine the size of our heart Kamil Ali

Profound Vers-A-Tales

DARE TO COMPARE If you're without imperfection, hurl the first insult at a challenged person Kamil Ali

Profound Vers-A-Tales

The mark of the truly civilized is their (truly baffling to the likes of you and me) patience with what truly baffles.

Tales of Nevèrÿon

Patience is for dragons,” Keegan muttered. “But dragons must learn it, just as humans must,” Pharrgon replied.

Tales of the Wovlen: The Dragon' Son

There are too many books in the world to read in a single lifetime; you have to draw the line somewhere.

The Thirteenth Tale

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

The Thirteenth Tale

Our clients' faces, with the customary outward paleness and inner glow of the book lover.

The Thirteenth Tale

A story so cherished it has to be dressed in casualness to disguise its significance in case the listener turned out to be unsympathetic.

The Thirteenth Tale

Politeness. Being nice is what's left when you've failed at everything else.

The Thirteenth Tale

...but he is a man, hence cannot see how tiresome it is to have explained at length what one has already fully understood.

The Thirteenth Tale

She was a do-gooder, which means that all the ill she did, she did without realizing it.

The Thirteenth Tale

People are jackals, always willing to feed off someone else's kill.

Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales

But silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grown pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.

The Thirteenth Tale

I've nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.

The Thirteenth Tale