Nilssen's Quotes

#1. He had conceded in a panic - for it crushed Nilssen's spirit to be held in low esteem by other men. He could not bear to know that he was disliked, for to him there was no real difference between being disliked, and being dislikeable; every injury he sustained was an injury to his very selfhood.

Eleanor Catton

#2. The weapon of life is the word of God.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#3. Increase is a natural tendency

Sunday Adelaja

#4. But when on shore, & wandering in the sublime forests, surrounded by views more gorgeous than even Claude ever imagined, I enjoy a delight which none but those who have experienced it can understand.

Charles Darwin

#5. The independence of a nation springs from the independent spirit of its citizens

Alan Macfarlane

#6. I find a lot of joy just going out and playing for people.

Sheryl Crow

#7. People need to understand that if I comment on something, it's not because I want to argue, troll, or change anyone's mind. It's because I want to say 'I was here

Christopher "Jack" Nilssen

#8. Religion and morality are a much better whip to keep people in submission than even the club and the gun.

Emma Goldman

#9. A homeward-bounder is a chance for total reinvention, Mr. Nilssen," he said at last. "Find a nugget, and a man can buy his own life. That kind of promise isn't offered in the civil world.

Eleanor Catton

#10. There was something cold and hard about the man, Nilssen thought - diverting his own ill feeling, as he often did, into a principle of aesthetic distaste.

Eleanor Catton

#11. Let us strive to improve ourselves, for we cannot remain stationary; one either progresses or retrogrades.

Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

#12. Why couldn't I want something easy?"
"Because that's not like you. You've always been fond of the difficult."
"True enough. I like you, after all.

Mindy McGinnis

#13. Josie, like Gretchen, isn't afraid of blood. What woman would be?

Chelsea Cain