Skirnir Quotes

#1. He isn't eating," whispered Skirnir. "He does not need to," said Frey. "He drinks. He only needs wine, nothing else. Come

Neil Gaiman

#2. For to us a child is born,
for to us a son is given,
and the government shall be on his shoulders.
And he will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 9:6

Anonymous

#3. ... beg Love's pardon for your want of faith. Helen chose you without reason because she loves you without cause; embrace her without question and watch your weather change.

John Barth

#4. I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

Martina Hingis

#5. You don't need proof. You just need an inclination

Mary Roach

#6. From this simple phenomenon, this idea of saying something twice, more often, as often as possible, in order to make oneself understood - the most artful things developed ... the principle of repetition!

Anton Webern

#7. [Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.

Michel De Montaigne

#8. Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!

Nnedi Okorafor

#9. Nor had I any illusions about Algernon Charles Swinburne, who often used to stop my perambulator when he met it on Nurses' Walk, at the edge of Wimbledon Common, and pat me on the head and kiss me: he was an inveterate pram-stopper and patter and kisser.

Robert Graves

#10. Would they quarrel so much, if they were indifferent?

Hilary Mantel

#11. The cardinal marketing sin is being boring.

Dan Kennedy

#12. People having religions is an insult to the universe.

Celia Green

#13. I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted - stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.

Bill Bryson

#14. To be capable of embarrassment is the beginning of moral consciousness. Honor grows from qualms.

John Leonard

#15. I certainly believe that I have no right to tell another couple whether they can or cannot be married.

Michael Moore

#16. Follow your heart, whatever you do. You are placing your fate and our fate in the hands of men and women who are going to govern at national and provincial level.

Thuli Madonsela