"A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1."

“People think when you have a, quote, 'bank failure,' that that is the end of the bank. And it isn't necessarily.”

“The saying "the cherry on top" is only a good metaphor if the person listening or reading actually likes cherries on top of their ice cream.”

“Why should I pay the bums all that good folding money and then go out and do all the work myself?”

“The Secret of the Occult Sciences is that of Nature itself, the Secret of the generation of the Angels and Worlds, that of the Omnipotence of God .”

Source : Albert Pike (2013). “Morals and Dogma”, p.753, Simon and Schuster

“I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in the top of the cockpit as I tried to leave my Spitfire.”

Source : Douglas Bader (2006). “Douglas Bader: Fight for the Sky”, p.41, Pen and Sword

“Short-term market and economic prognostication is largely a fool’s errand, we invest according to a strategy that makes the need to rely on short-term market or economic assessments largely irrelevant.”

“Because of the booking I will miss the Holland game - if selected.”

“Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to do next. Sometimes the best way to baffle them is to make moves that have no purpose, or even seem to work against you. Remember that, Sansa, when you come to play the game.” “What . . . what game?” “The only game. The game of thrones.” -(Littlefinger)”

Source : George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.2138, Bantam