We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is what we make of what we are.

Annoyance and pathos warred in my breast, and after a short struggle, annoyance punched pathos in the snout like the voracious shark it was.

We are bound to our ancestors and to those who made us, whether we want to be or not. What matters is what we make of what we are.

A man gets used to riding on at the break of day. Comes to think that movement and noise is where life is, when after all there's life in stillness and quiet too.

The history of the world begins with a seed. The seed is the kernel of what you are, but it is also the promise of what you can become.

Luck is only my lover, not my wife," replied Bahktiaan easily. He drew his saber. "If ever I wed, it will be skill and intelligence." "Tedious bedfellows," said Sergi.

...because when beauty awes you, you must halt and try to catch your breath and your staggered heart.