Prairie Fires Quotes

#1. For four centuries now, the American people have resigned themselves to natural disasters and acts of God: floods, prairie fires, blizzards, tornados, hurricanes, dust bowls, epidemics, academics, lawyers, and politicians.

Markham Shaw Pyle

#2. Now he [Rattler] was staring at Prairie with an intensity you could light fires with. And she stared back. There was something between them, all right, something cracking with tension and danger, something almost ... alive.

Sophie Littlefield

#3. Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines.

Alvin Plantinga

#4. You wanted me?" I said quietly.
"All the time."
"I never saw. I thought I was the one who watched you."
"You were. That's why I started watching back.

L. H. Cosway

#5. It is unethical for any man to tax another man's home to fund his social agenda. Friends don't do that, your enemies will.

John Taft

#6. Don't throw petals on the floor if they have no meaning. I would rather have a fun, casual relationship than have someone pretending they're completely in love with me.

Ashley Greene

#7. Direct religious experience is threatening to organized religion, which often mediates it with a rabbi or priest.

Rodger Kamenetz

#8. Don't let an outside influence, especially one as powerful as the media, direct your energies to the wrong place.

Susan Polgar

#9. In the '90s, comedy was at a very low point, but these days, you've got people like Hannibal Burress, Ron Funches, Maria Bamford - people who can play any club, anywhere.

Andy Kindler