Daniel > Daniel's Quotes

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“The man who walks in the shadow of vengeance is a different man from the man who walks in the light of justice.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, A Subtle Agency

“Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“I will take responsibility for what I have done,” Dalinar whispered. “If I must fall, I will rise each time a better man.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer

“It's easy to believe in something when you win all the time...The losses are what define a man's faith.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Well of Ascension

“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

“Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince

“Just to make sure the odd humanoid aberration doesn’t get away, always pin it through the nuts.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Burns

“The oppression we all face is guarded by what we are unwilling to question.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Dragon's Den

“Never give up on your friends. Never give up your faith in them. It's when everything is worse than you could ever imagine it could be, that you'll need your friends the most.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Dragon's Den

“I value liberty above all else. Without liberty, no other value can be realized.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Crane War

“the free soul is rare, but you know it when you see it - basically because you feel good, very good, when you are near or with them.”
― Charles Bukowski, Tales of Ordinary Madness

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
― Charles Bukowski

“If you wish to abrogate all responsibility for your moral and intellectual independence, then by all means - conform with the herd and obey blindly.”
― Graeme Rodaughan, The Crane War

“I am generous because I've been poor,

cautious because I've been naive,

strong because I've been afraid,

clever because I've been foolish,

mighty because I've been weak,
kind because I’ve been downtrodden,
cheerful because I’ve been miserable,
patient because I’ve been reckless,
modest because I’ve been humbled,
calm because I’ve been confused,
friendly because I’ve been ostracized,
noble because I’ve been dishonoured,
loyal because I’ve been betrayed,
confident because I’ve been nervous,
pleasant because I’ve been malicious,
chaste because I’ve been depraved,
principled because I’ve been unethical,
just because I’ve been persecuted,
and tolerant because I’ve been discriminated against.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A woman has to live her life, or live to repent not having lived it.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

“It's like the people who believe they'll be happy if they go and live somewhere else, but who learn it doesn't work that way. Wherever you go, you take yourself with you. If you see what I mean.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.”
― George Eliot, Middlemarch

“Shapeshifter parenting motto—if your kid slits somebody's throat, always have a backup plan to make the body disappear.”
― Ilona Andrews, Magic Slays