Travels With Herodotus Quotes

#1. He left me a rose!

Suzanne Collins

#2. But I always worked harder when I was up against something, or when someone assumed I couldn't succeed. That's what drove me, all those nights studying. The fact that so many figured I couldn't do it.

Sarah Dessen

#3. Essentially the Succubus is a mythical figure - who used to come in and cause trouble with innocent men.

MyAnna Buring

#4. Late birds get worms while early birds get tired.

Judith Viorst

#5. We judge of a man's wisdom by his hope, knowing that the inexhaustibleness of nature is an immortal youth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#6. It turns out that the God whose word will stand forever does not exist to insure our fantasies that we will not have to die as individuals or as a species. Such a God, moreover, does not invite us to presume we can comprehend God's creation.

Stanley Hauerwas

#7. Beauty is not symmetry of parts- that's so impotent -as Mishima says, beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, & finally destroys ...

John Geddes

#8. I do not have deep theological understanding or opinion, but I do not read the Bible as the literal word of God.

Anne Lamott

#9. Then my great-grandfather was gone before I could ask him which vampire he meant.

Charlaine Harris

#10. What's going on here?" asked a deep voice at her elbow.

Anne turned to find her guardian standing beside her. He looked solidly masculine and incredibly competent to deal with the child's wizened master and even with the spectators to what had turned into a near spectacle.

Gayle Wilson

#11. Christian Louboutin, I love you, but honey, please! But when you have this much weight, you've got to give us a little platform. Sorry! The shoes are stunning though. An ounce of pain, it's worth it.

Octavia Spencer

#12. You were expecting to see Drake Junior?" He clucked his tongue at her. "You haven't even bought me dinner yet.

Jennifer Turner

#13. A good book is like a good friend, do you know, Lacey? One you can turn to when the night is cold and you are lonely. And there is old Herodotus, standing ready to regale me with tales of his travels.

Ashley Gardner

#14. The man who ceases to be astonished is hollow, possessed of an extinguished heart.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

#15. I don't see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.

Barkhad Abdi

#16. Magic doesn't suit everyone. Only those prepared to take full responsibility for themselves should apply.

Peter J. Carroll