"Some writers later, describing the events of that night and day, wrote that Wan'yen of the Altai had seen a spirit-dragon of the river and become afraid. Writers do that sort of thing. They like dragons in their tales."

-- Guy Gavriel Kay

#Night Quotes #Dragons Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer and clearer still, until your eyes ache.”
“For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night's rest.”
“Scientific theory and its application to the growing needs of mankind advance hand in hand.”

Source : Cargill Gilston Knott (2015). “Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait”, p.1, Cambridge University Press
“You think so logically... like a hawk soaring - I feel so chaotically... like a kite without a tail plummeting to earth.”
“I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow.”
“I spend money with reckless abandon. Last month I blew $5000 at a reincarnation. I got to thinking, what the hell, you only live once!”
“I cannot assume emotions I do not feel, and must describe Jerusalem as I found it. Since being here, I have read the accounts of several travellers, and in many cases the devotional rhapsodies - the ecstacies of awe and reverence - in which they indulge, strike me as forced and affected.”
“I mean, whatever kills you kills you, and your death is authentic no matter how you die.”

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