Allison Ko > Allison's Quotes

“People," Geralt turned his head, "like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves. When they get blind-drunk, cheat, steal, beat their wives, starve an old woman, when they kill a trapped fox with an axe or riddle the last existing unicorn with arrows, they like to think that the Bane entering cottages at daybreak is more monstrous than they are. They feel better then. They find it easier to live.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, The Last Wish

“What's wrong with my proposition?" Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal-I do not like your face, M. Ratchett.”
― Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express

“La liberté,” Cherie was fond of saying, in that charming Montreal accent of hers, “est une question de logistique.” Freedom is a matter of logistics.”
― Ben H. Winters, Underground Airlines

“But the area where Father Barton had taken out two hundred bucks on Sunday afternoon - there was some pigmentation down there, no question about it.”
― Ben H. Winters, Underground Airlines

“I mistook stars reflected in a pond at night for those in the sky.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Czas pogardy

“Someone wearing a snow-pale winter coat telegraphs a subtle visual message: "I do not need to take public transportation.”
― Kassia St. Clair, The Secret Lives of Color

“A career software engineer, mornings were never her forte.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“It is not easy to just abandon a dream. Much easier to complicate the road to it than to accept that it could never be achieved.”
― Mariam Petrosyan

“The Bullet Journal is designed to be your "source of truth.”
― Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

“Though it can be helpful to set an intention for the day, like Today I will not complain, it's important to remember not to set an expectation for your day, because that's out of your control.”
― Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future

“Being busy doesn't necessarily mean we're being productive”
― Ryder Carroll, The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future