#odin

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #odin




In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.


Terry Pratchett


#quantum-physics #schrodinger-s-cat #wisdom #acting

Oh, my sweet summer child," Old Nan said quietly, "what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet deep and the ice wind comes howling out of the north. Fear is for the long night, when the sun hides its face for years at a time, and little children are born and live and die all in darkness while the direwolves grow gaunt and hungry, and the white walkers move through the woods


George R.R. Martin


#foreboding #scary #children

. . . in seclusion, she had secluded herself from a thousand natural and healing influences; that, her mind, brooding solitary, had grown diseased, as all minds do and must and will that reverse the appointed order of their Maker . . .


Charles Dickens


#diseased #mind #perverse #perverted #reverse

Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.


Aldous Huxley


#brooding #guilt #morality #remorse #repentance

I just wanted them to die," said Poison. "They didn't have to make such a drama about it.


Chris Wooding


#poison #drama

It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn its might against them. Unfortunately man is preyed upon by microbes, which are too small to be appreciated.


T.H. White


#odin #sword-sentiments #war #mankind

Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding.


Kathryn Bigelow


#civilization #constantly #country #economic #educational

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.


Julia Cameron


#came #distinguished #down #enough #flooding

I know the exploding cost of health care is at the root of our long-term fiscal challenges.


Fred Upton


#challenges #cost #exploding #fiscal #fiscal challenges

Flooding damage is not customary for New York, especially downstate.


Andrew Cuomo


#damage #especially #flooding #new #new york