P.J. Parker Quotes

#1. There were no stars, only the darkness and an arctic chill that had intensified since the first thin, blood-red stripes of sunrise shimmered on the ocean's horizon.

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#2. My glance fell upon a beautiful flower;
the universe turned around her.
- Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent

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#3. Do you understand the meaning of the soil beneath your feet?

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#4. Rainbow Cloud strode forward like a hunting cat with the same strength of height and broad shoulders, the same rolling gait as First Light's father. They were indeed the same man, split in two at birth, so the family might be rewarded by twice the skill in hunting each brother possessed.

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#5. The other Clans will soon arrive. The greatest times of our family are before us. And so are the darkest.

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#6. Perhaps it is belief more than truth that helps us survive.

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#7. I have created something and let it loose upon the world. Whether it was my right to do so or not, I cannot say. At times I am filled with love for my creation. At others I am filled with regret and horror. But it is done. It has been created.

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#8. For whom do you cry, my son?" the Great Spirit asked.
"I do not know."
"Yes, you do.

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#9. We live in a complicated society, Bromley - one that is changing and which does indeed need to change. But do you not think any change must begin within our own family gathering?

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#10. We the People . . . The People of the Long House.

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#11. West Point - The Key to the Continent and Independence.

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#12. I am a slave in your palace. - Sultan Suleyman Khan, Suleyman the Magnificent, The Shadow of God on Earth.

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#13. The stuff of nightmares is not only relegated to unconscious thoughts upon a pillow, safely beneath an eiderdown.

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#14. We must love our slaves, Papa. We must love them as hard as we are able.

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#15. Do you not recognize me?

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#16. The early morning sunshine shot up the ice-covered valley. It glinted off the backs of slumbering mastodon, reflected between the antlers of caribou.

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#17. The Sleepin' Fox Catches No Poultry.

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#18. The snake is captivated for now.
- Hafsa, The Valide Sultana.

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#19. The Day of Trouble is Near

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#20. Your beauty is my sun; without you all is dark.

- Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent

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#21. Do not fret, my brother, my child. For the buffalo will roam the plains once more.

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#22. He pushed a finger through the surface of the water to trace the outline of her mouth. Ethereal bits of flesh floated loosely about his knuckle and nail. Then, calmly, he pulled her body up out of the tub and into his arms. He placed his lips on hers, now as cold and dead as his own.

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#23. This is a time of change," the Shaman said. "This is a time of enormous power.

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#24. I refuse to believe the people of Texas and all Americans in the world have forgotten us.

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