Virago Quotes

#1. Termagant!" he moaned after her. "Shrew! Harridan! All right, all right, you win, you, you ... uh ... virago, you spitfire ... " He rubbed his head and sat up, grinned sheepishly. Lin made an obscene gesture at him without turning around.

China Mieville

#2. My first book was an adult novel, 'Down Among the Gods,' published by Virago, and I've written poems as well, a slim volume of poetry.

Kate Thompson

#3. You need a husband and some babies to look after. Otherwise you're going to grow up into a virago ...

Lindsay Armstrong

#4. Keep your hands off me. She spoke viciously, through her teeth, and he caught a glimpse of her deVere ancestry.
She was a virago in tiny, fragile, fairy form.

Christina Brooke

#5. "Even Dwarfs Started Small," Calla replied immediately. "In the original German: Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen."
Maura winced, though Blue couldn't tell if it was at the movie or at Calla's accent.

Maggie Stiefvater

#6. The inlet
our friend looks as he did
when we first knew him,
and until I wake I believe
I will die of grief, for I know
that this boy grew into a man
who was a faithful friend
who died.

Wendell Berry

#7. The knowledge worker cannot be supervised closely or in detail. He must direct himself toward performance and contribution

Matt Perman

#8. Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.

Richard Branson

#9. You're gorgeous, Gabriel. You always were, you know."
"Nature's cruelty - the fallen angel retains his beauty. But I'm ugly on the inside.

Sylvain Reynard

#10. There's something different about looking someone in the eyes and doing something dishonest to doing it over the phone or screen.

Justin Welby

#11. If you're going to write for a living, you should find something fun to write.

Charles Stross

#12. Surely it is the sight of your enemy slain, the humiliation of his tribe and the lamentation of his women.

Terry Pratchett