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George R. R. Martin quote: "A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what..."
A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot. George R. R. Martin
Tom Robbins quote: "There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and..."
There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and people who cannot, and the wise know to which group they belong. Tom Robbins
Benito Mussolini quote: "A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization!"
A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization! Benito Mussolini
Let death do what it can, there is just one thing it cannot destroy, and that is life. Never in itself, only in the unfaith of man, does life recognize any sway of death. George MacDonald
Jane Goodall quote: "The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for..."
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. Jane Goodall
Night falls; the traveler must pass down village streets, between thehouses with yellow- lit windows, and on out into the darkness of thefields. Each alone, they go west or north, towards the mountains. Theygo on. They leave Omelas, they walk ahead into the darkness, and theydo not come back. The place they go towards is a place even lessimaginable to most of us than the city of happiness. I cannot describeit at all. It is possible that it does not exist. But they seem toknow where they are... Ursula K. Le Guin
The fortunate man is the one who cannot take more than a couple of drinks without becoming intoxicated. The unfortunate wight is the one who can take many glasses without betraying a sign; who must take numerous glasses in order to get the ‘kick’. Jack London
I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of his own endeavor and observations, and he cannot be denied the right to use it. Condemn, but not deny. Truman Capote
Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David ThoreauThank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth! Henry David Thoreau Henry David Thoreau
Let me think!' said Aragorn. 'And now may I make a right choice, and change the evil fate of this unhappy day!' He stood silent for a moment. 'I will follow the Orcs,' he said at last. 'I would have guided Frodo to Mordor and gone with him to the end but if I seek him now in the wilderness, I must abandon the captives to torment and death. My heart speaks clearly at last: the fate of the Bearer is in my hands no longer. The Company has played its part. Yet we that remain cannot forsake our... J. R. R. Tolkien
If there is a single fact which anyone who seriously studies the history of Christianity cannot help but be struck by, it is the almost complete absence of documents regarding the man whose name this great international religion bears -- Jesus Christ. We know of him only what is told to us in the New Testament gospels, that is, practically nothing. Savitri Devi
William Empson quote: "The heart of standing is that you cannot fly."
The heart of standing is that you cannot fly. William Empson
we know that men find themselves under a moral law, which they did not make, and cannot quite forget even when they try, and which they know they ought to obey. C. S. Lewis
Loren Eiseley quote: "I am what I am and cannot be otherwise because of the shadows."
I am what I am and cannot be otherwise because of the shadows. Loren Eiseley
After all, the wrong is done. It is past and cannot be changed. We have only the present and the future upon which to move forward. Leo Buscaglia

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