Hammered Silver Quotes

#1. Then there's those wizards on it, who must all be gifted hydrophobes - " "You mean they hate water?" said Twoflower. "No, that wouldn't work," said Rincewind. "Hate is an attracting force, just like love. They really loathe it, the very idea of it revolts them.

Terry Pratchett

#2. Somebody said that Reason was dead. Reason said: No, I think not so.

Piet Pieterszoon Hein

#3. Between the railroad tracks suicidal flowers grow.

Ramon Gomez De La Serna

#4. America provided things that form the foundation of who we used to be: the prospect and potential of hope, mercy, and freedom for strangers who came carrying not much more than a determination to survive in a big country with a bigger heart.

Mike Barnicle

#5. Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours.

Spalding Gray

#6. This man might be drawn to the pussy palace but fuck if its queen will hand out orders that I'll obey.

K. Bromberg

#7. You didn't have to be in love to understand the magnitude of love when you looked at it.

Kim Askew

#8. Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate.

Norman Vincent Peale

#9. My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.

Dalai Lama

#10. There wasn't a cloud in my mind, nor did I feel any discomfort, and I hadn't a single unfulfilled desire or craving as far as my thoughts could reach.

Knut Hamsun

#11. In some ways, I am actually quite optimistic - I believe in the possibility of redemption and forgiveness.

Jesse Michaels

#12. She was a woman whose spirit had been hammered and forged until she could only ring true. Compared with the rest of us sho was silver, while we were pewter, a common of lead and tin.

Philippa Gregory

#13. I looked closely at it for the first time; the charm was just a slim line of silver - half of it hammered into the shape of a feather, the other half a dagger. It was interesting and beautiful; just like him.

Michelle Hodkin

#14. Who has sent you against me? Who has told you to do this thing?

Roberto Calvi

#15. Starlight and comet tails burned the tips of endless grass below into hammered silver. Like thousands of tapers in the chapel, just blown out but still glowing.
If one could drown in the grass ... it might be the best way to die.

Gregory Maguire

#16. I think women sign on for some ideal when they get married, and when they realise they haven't got anything close to what they want, they bury their disappointment.

Bella Pollen

#17. Every act of communication is a miracle of translation.

Ken Liu

#18. The activity of the young is like that of railcars in motion
they tear along with noise and turmoil, and leave peace behind them. The quietest nooks, invaded by them, lose their quietude as they pass, and recover it only on their departure.

Christian Nestell Bovee