Suddhodana Quotes

#1. He whispered in the king's ear, "If you ask me, I think you should find a wife for Siddhartha. Once he has a family to occupy him, he will abandon this desire to become a monk." King Suddhodana nodded.

Thich Nhat Hanh

#2. Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both time and space a good deal. At least being lost in space kept you busy.

Douglas Adams

#3. Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.

Horace

#4. To the Somali, the Amerikaan is weird, to the American GI, the Somali is an ingrate and a skinny.

Nuruddin Farah

#5. If you're a parent, the five worst words you can say to your children are, "When I was your age ... " You were never their age. You were older in the womb.

Bill Cosby

#6. Sports don't matter in the grand scheme of things. But in the moment, when things are just right, they're the most important thing in the world. That's what makes them so great.

David Poole

#7. If you're a drug addict, often you're stealing - I've gotten done for shoplifting a few times.

Russell Brand

#8. The walls shrugged themselves loose from their foundations and slid towards the centre of the room, as if attracted by the struggle. The ceiling, a massive rectangular slab of concrete furrowed with fluorescent white, also shuddered loose and loomed down on her.

Michel Faber

#9. For me, when I start a novel, I only have a general sense of what I am going to do - usually three or four big scenes or something to which I can really respond emotionally.

Patrick Ness