Detorakis Quotes

#1. My son's full real name is Duncan Zowie Haywood. As a toddler, he was called by his second name Zowie. But it was such an identifiable name during the Seventies that if I called him loudly in public places, everyone would turn to stare, so I started calling him Joey to take the pressure off.

David Bowie

#2. My template for most songs is 'Is this inspiring?' and with the blues it so often is.

Mick Fleetwood

#3. In my third novel there is an actual black hole that swallows everything you love.

Jonathan Lethem

#4. Flint has the potential to produce fire, and gems have intrinsic value. We ordinary people can see neither our own eyelashes, which are so close, nor the heavens in the distance. Likewise, we do not see that the Buddha exists in our own hearts.

Nichiren

#5. I couldn't fight the urge to close my eyes, to match my breathing to his. And I was flooded with a feeling that couldn't be serenity. Because Peacemakers were never meant to know real peace.

S.A. McAuley

#6. I drift along, thinking about the past a great deal. The past is so reliable, so delightful, and the best place to live. I end up there quite often, you know; it's very comfortable and dependable.

Barry Humphries

#7. Lyc-V is a jealous virus. It exterminates all other invaders with extreme prejudice.

Ilona Andrews

#8. Agnes Darling, if such should be we never meet again, while firing my last shot, I will gently breathe the name of my wife - Agnes - and with wishes even for my enemies I will make the plunge and try to swim to the other shore.

Wild Bill Hickok

#9. Our affections are our life. We live by them; they supply our warmth.

William Ellery Channing