Groke Quotes

#1. Think when we talk of horses, that you see them Printing their proud hoofs i' the receiving earth; For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings, Carry them here and there; jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hour-glass:

William Shakespeare

#2. I never hurt anybody in this business, ever.

Sean Young

#3. You can't keep it no matter how much you beg. Dragons are not pets, Ivy. He laughed.

H.M. Ward

#4. What better foundation for an alliance than mutual hatred and suspicion?

Joe Abercrombie

#5. And who is responsible for this appalling child slavery? Everyone.

Mary Harris Jones

#6. Here is the most valuable thing in the whole of Moomin Valley, Groke! Do you know what has grown out of this hat? Raspberry juice and fruit trees, and the most beautiful little self-propelling clouds: the only Hobgoblin's Hat in the world!

Tove Jansson

#7. Pop stardom is not very compelling. I'm much more interested in a relationship between performer and audience that is of equals. I came up through folk music, and there's no pomp and circumstance to the performance. There's no, like, 'I'll be the rock star, you be the adulating fan.'

Ani DiFranco

#8. My dad raced motocross back in the day, and I've always enjoyed watching it. That sport intrigues me.

Virgil Green

#9. Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.

Erich Fromm

#10. The intuition of a deafened and isolated soldier often turns out to be nearer the truth than judgements delivered by staff officers as they study the map.

Vasily Grossman

#11. Hungry people have especially clear minds.

Terry Gou

#12. This edition of The Making of a Quagmire differs in a number of ways from the original one. Approximately one-third of the text has been cut in an effort to eliminate material that seemed clearly redundant or that did not relate directly to the Vietnam war.

David Halberstam

#13. Her wild heart was rare, she saw blessings were most saw burdens & if one thing was certain; her smile was like a flower in the sunshine

Nikki Rowe

#14. This moment is not life waiting to happen, goals waiting to be achieved, words waiting to be spoken, connections waiting to be made, regrets waiting to evaporate, aliveness waiting to be felt, enlightenment waiting to be gained. No. Nothing is waiting. This is it. This moment is life.

Jeff Foster