Eugene Cieszynski > Eugene's Quotes

“And the answers she was seeking were on full display, right in front of her.
Not chaos. Not blood. Not even sound.
Just clarity.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: The Prequel

“Her silence was not weakness; it was the only weapon left.”
― Yarro Rai, Vice and Virtue

“Yesterday, I asked a robot, Gumball I think, do you know Murphy’s law of gravitation? It answered, ‘No, sir, I know only Newton’s and Einstein’s laws of gravitation; I don’t know Murphy’s law.’ I replied, ‘Eh, Gumball, the slice always falls with the buttered side to the floor. That’s Murphy’s law.’” Everyone burst into laughter.”
― Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan

“The verdict got both the fish and me off the hook.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“The invariable question, asked only half-mockingly of reporters by editors at the Post (and then up the hierarchical line of editors) was 'What have you done for me today?' Yesterday was for the history books, not newspapers.

-- Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward”
― Carl Bernstein, All the President’s Men

“Those who don't believe in magic will never find it”
― Roald Dahl

“In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.”
― Rick Warren, The Bishop of Rwanda: Finding Forgiveness Amidst a Pile of Bones

“And when wine has soaked Cupid’s drunken wings,
he’s stayed, weighed down, a captive of the place.
...
Wine rouses courage and is fit for passion:
care flies, and deep drinking dilutes it.
...
Don’t trust the treacherous lamplight overmuch:
night and wine can harm your view of beauty.
Paris saw the goddesses in the light, a cloudless heaven,
when he said to Venus: ‘Venus, you win, over them both.’
Faults are hidden at night: every blemish is forgiven,
and the hour makes whichever girl you like beautiful.
Judge jewellery, and fabric stained with purple,
judge a face, or a figure, in the light.”
― Ovid, The Art of Love

“I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength. For all these years, no daughter could have made me happier or more proud than you. Now that I know who you are and what life has cost you, I am in awe that I number you among my beloved.”
― Anita Diamant, The Red Tent

“Simply giving money to charity is the easy way out. Giving time is much more precious. So make it your aim that,”
― Jeffrey Archer, Cometh the Hour