Valiente Quotes

#1. In Valiente's world," Eden wrote,"Love is never consummated, but remains a figment of the hero's own imagination. In preferring dreams to reality, the hero dooms himself. He would rather risk a physical death than the death of his beloved illusion.

Ava Zavora

#2. It pays to know humility, lest the delusion of control, of mastery, overwhelms.

Steven Erikson

#3. Don't let the time convince you to quit, instead, convince the time to extend with patience.

Nathaniel E. Quimada

#4. Broadway isn't a very big career move. There's no money in it and it doesn't mean anything to your career. It's just a nice little jewel in the crown.

George Carlin

#5. It is not enough to render things equal to the will, that they are equal or alike in themselves.

Anthony Collins

#6. An it harm none, do what ye will.

Doreen Valiente

#7. Magic, indeed, is all around us, in stones, flowers, stars, the dawn wind and the sunset cloud; all we need is the ability to see and understand.

Doreen Valiente

#8. I loved having my baby inside of me, but I was very happy when he was finally here.

Marion Jones

#9. And thou who thinkest to seek for me, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not, unless thou know this mystery: that if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee, thou wilt never find it without thee

Doreen Valiente

#10. A lot of directors are overbearing and tend to make you doubt your instincts.

Omar Epps

#11. For two are the mystical pillars, that stand at the gate of the shrine, And two are the powers of Nature, the forms and the forces divine.

Doreen Valiente

#12. Risk-taking, trust, and serendipity are key ingredients of joy. Without risk, nothing new ever happens. Without trust, fear creeps in. Without serendipity, there are no surprises.

Rita Gelman

#13. The generation of atmosphere, the aura of the uncanny, is one of the most important secrets of magic. It contributes to the willing suspension of disbelief, the feeling that, within the circle, or in the presence of the magical shrine, anything may happen.

Doreen Valiente

#14. Eleanor looked hard at him. Are you kidding? Tina's a monster. She's what would happen if the devil married the wicked witch, and they rolled their baby in a bowl of chopped evil.

Rainbow Rowell

#15. The birth and rebirth of all nature, / The passing of winter and spring, / We share with the life universal, / Rejoice in the magical ring.

Doreen Valiente

#16. The world turned itself into a better place around him.

Rainbow Rowell

#17. The bed was no longer a daisy-field for her and Joe to play in. It was a place where she went and laid down when she was sleepy and tired.

Zora Neale Hurston

#18. And you who seek to know me,
know that the seeking and yearning will avail you not,
unless you know the Mystery:
For if that which you seek,
you find not within yourself, you will never find it without.

Doreen Valiente

#19. This planet is our home. Our life and hers are interdependent.

Doreen Valiente

#20. Let My worship be in the heart that rejoices, for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are My rituals.

Doreen Valiente

#21. 'All the gods are one god and all the goddesses are one goddess, and there is one initiator.' The one initiator is one's own high self, with which the personality becomes more and more integrated as the path of spiritual evolution is followed.

Doreen Valiente

#22. While Israelis do not care too much about Europeans moral judgments, the E.U. is an important market for them, and European sanctions of any kind would be harmful to Israel.

Elliott Abrams

#23. If that which you seek, you find not within yourself, you will never find without.

Doreen Valiente

#24. For some interesting reason, I also like a guy who has a littte bit of a belly. I think that's really cute.

Carmen Electra

#25. I am a sound freak. I could play around with sound forever.

Sam Phillips

#26. Maybe sometimes, when I see some kids, you know, with their families. It's making me cry. You know, maybe when I ask them, sometimes, like, 'How does it feel to have a dad?' And, you know, they tell me this great answers, and sometimes I wish my dad was here.

Charice Pempengco

#27. Let my worship be within the heart that rejoices,
for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are my rituals.
Therefore, let there be beauty and strength,
power and compassion, honor and humility,
mirth and reverence within you.

Doreen Valiente

#28. The best way to die is sit under a tree, eat lots of bologna and salami, drink a case of beer, then blow up.

Art Donovan