Quotes
Authors
Mike Carey

"Happy Families. What's that all about, eh? A bloody busted flush is what it is. You surround yourself with other people so the night doesn't seem quite so dark. Shout down the sound of the wind with arguments about whose turn it is to wash the dishes. Best not to kid yourself. Best not to give any hostages to fortune. You're on your own in the end. Always. Where else would you want to be?"

Source : "All His Engines". Graphic novel by Mike Carey, January 2005.

Mike Carey

#Kids Quotes #Dark Quotes #Night Quotes

“I want a soul mate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I donâ€™t already know, and make me laugh. I donâ€™t care what you look like, just turn me on. And if you can do that, I will follow you on bloody stumps through the snow. I will nibble your mukluks with my own teeth. I will do your windows. I will care about your feelings. Just have something in there.”
“Only in grammar can you be more than perfect.”

Source : William Safire (2011). “Watching My Language:: Adventures in the Word Trade”, p.383, Random House
“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be.”
“Laws or ordinances unobserved, or partially attended to, had better never have been made.”
“I feel that I'm in on the ground floor of something that human beings will be concentrating on for the next 1,000 years-if we don't destroy ourselves in the meantime. It's possible that 50 years from now we're going to end up out of this solar system, batting around the universe, at least within our galaxy, investigating other stars and other systems.”
“Jargon is making it increasingly hard to understand what a public figure is actually trying to say”
“The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain - he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem--he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.”
“They were just accidents. Luke said he was just testing my concussion. I'm not mad at him.”

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