Cereus Plant Quotes

#1. The hollowness in his chest, the tense yearning, the loneliness he braces against, every morning until he can immerse himself in work and forget. Not love. Something else, something with a power that endures. Not love, but a memory of love.

Aminatta Forna

#2. Give me a wave I can ride upon, come and show your strength to me.

Gordon Lightfoot

#3. In 1895 Lady Londonberry commented acidly on a bridegroom who had 'married the 10,000 a year as well as the lady.

Pamela Horn

#4. (after Quigley deduces Duane is undead, and says he must not be a legitimate human.)
Duane: "Legitimate?!" Plat, shall I legitimately drop you from another cliff?!

Ashley Cope

#5. Spend more time in study and prayer. That's the secret of successful evangelism.

Billy Graham

#6. If in your lifetime you watch a species go extinct, or plummet almost to the point of extinction, that is a sign that something really serious is going on.

Elizabeth Kolbert

#7. ...pain that would have made even a god shiver in terror.

Osman Welela

#8. Golf is a lot of walking, broken up by disappointment and bad arithmetic.

Earl Wilson

#9. Nature is not human hearted.

Lao-Tzu

#10. You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.

Jenny Han

#11. I don't see this as Marty [St. Louis] replacing me. I see this as Marty getting the opportunity he deserves.

Steven Stamkos

#12. Things like crowns had a troublesome effect on clever folk; it was best to leave all the reigning to the kind of people whose eyebrows met in the middle when they tried to think. In a funny sort of way, they were much better at it.

Terry Pratchett