The Second Siege Quotes

“Beware the flatterers of the world...for what is music to the ears may be poison to the soul.”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“Ah!' said David, twiddling his fingers with glee as she poured him a cup. 'May the sun shine upon your splendid bosom in all eight kingdoms, Sarah lass!”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“is a cruel fate that your kind should be blessed with consciousness yet denied true understanding.”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“better to keep your mouth shut and have others think you a fool than to open your mouth and prove”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“Nothing is more dangerous than an idea. Ideas bring change and people fear change very much.”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“There was once a man who saw Death staring at him in the marketplace,” she muttered. “Afraid, the man stole a horse and rode as fast as he could to the next town. Once there, he took a room at an inn and locked himself inside. But there was Death, already waiting by the fire. ‘How?’ cried the man. ‘How can you be here?’ Death smiled and stood. ‘I asked myself the same when I saw you at the marketplace, for it is here that I was to meet you.”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“my sanity would have undoubtedly taken an ugly turn.”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“You can lie to a man’s face, but you can’t lie to his belly, son. The belly knows. Remember that.”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege

“Beware the flatterers of the world,” said David, wagging his finger, “for what is music to the ears may be poison to the soul.”
― Henry H. Neff, The Second Siege