Jasmira's Quotes

#1. The Goddess kneeled and slowly moved her hand over Jasmira's heart and the Amulet. "She's coming back. She carried a big burden. The Summer Race has a brave Queen,

A.O. Peart

#2. Georgeta cleared her throat, and pushed herself deeper into the sofa cushion.
"You know Penelope Stephanopoulos, Jasmira's best friend?" she asked.
"That Greek redhead with an attitude bigger than the Parthenon?" Erik snorted.

A.O. Peart

#3. If we deny the need for thought, Moneo, as some do, we lose the powers of reflection; we cannot define what our senses report. If we deny the flesh, we unwheel the vehicle which bears us. But if we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe. It was emotions which I missed the most.

Frank Herbert

#4. I never feel any pressure about a film. What is meant to happen will happen. I have seen failure as well as success several times.

Akshay Kumar

#5. I knew it wouldn't always be this easy. But it sure as hell would be a good time.

Alice Clayton

#6. John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from now on this country can find its heroes in smaller places. In the most ordinary of deeds.

Paul Cornell

#7. They say you should treat your body like a temple. I treat mine like a fast-moving dumpster.

Matthew Inman

#8. Every breath is a battle between grudgery and gratitude. Give thanks ... and you win joy.

Ann Voskamp

#9. Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

Mortimer Adler

#10. I really believe," said Wanda thoughtfully,"that your madness is nothing but a demonic, unsatisfied sensuality. Our unnatural way of life must generate such illnesses. Were you less virtuous, you would be completely sane.

Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

#11. I hope I can live up to the faith that has been put in me to do a good job.

Clementa C. Pinckney

#12. History doesn't move you more than when it's in the iron of your own blood.

J.R. Tompkins

#13. Though my heart may be left of centre, I have always known that the only economic system that works is a market economy ... This is the only natural economy, the only kind that makes sense, the only one that can lead to prosperity, because it is the only one that reflects the nature of life itself.

Vaclav Havel

#14. Count your blessings for selfish reasons! Psychological studies show that people who are aware of their blessings and feel grateful for them live longer than non-grateful people, have fewer medical problems such as hypertension, earn more and achieve longer marriages.

Gregg Easterbrook

#15. In the cafe bathroom drinking free tap water
Thinking; "Damn, I should've been a better father to my daughter"

Slug

#16. They were talking about me, I was sure of it. And I couldn't for the life of me imagine why. I continued inspecting the asparagus, early peas, and summer squash - produce that my mother had, as usual, commissioned me to procure for the tavern.

Jonathan Carriel

#17. Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?

Martin Buber

#18. A battle? What battle? Jasmira shrieked.

A.O. Peart