Quotes
Authors
Jonathan Stroud

"Much has happened since last we met, Bartimaeus," he went on. "Do you remember how we parted?" "No." I did. "You set light to me, old friend. Struck a match and left me burning in a copse." The crow shifted uneasily beneath the cleaver."That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland..."

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion

Jonathan Stroud

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“Your body is your subconscious mind and you canâ€™t heal it by talk alone.”

Source : Candace Pert (2012). “Molecules Of Emotion: Why You Feel The Way You Feel”, p.269, Simon and Schuster
“Cyber war takes place largely in secret, unknown to the general public on both sides.”

Source : Noah Feldman (2013). “Cool War: The United States, China, and the Future of Global Competition”, p.30, Random House
“Jesse Owen was bigger than a black hero, he was an American hero. For me, I looked at it from that perspective. Through my research, I obviously learned a lot, much of which made me sad, upset, disappointed and even angry, regarding what Jesse had to go through. Not only was he a black man in America during an age of high racial tension and segregation, but he was also living in the middle of the Great Depression - it was very difficult times for him and his family.”
“A man isn't tiny or giant enough to defeat anything”
“What you've got is 30,000 people calling you an asshole.- Stone Cold Steve Austin What I've got is 30,000 people I couldn't care less if they lived or died.”
“I can't live where I want to, I can't go where I want to go, I can't do what I want to, I can't even say what I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.”
“If the transmigration of a soul takes place into a rational being, it simply becomes the soul of that body. But if the soul migrates into a brute beast, it follows the body outside, as a guardian spirit follows a man. For there could never be a rational soul in an irrational being.”
“If somebody is strong and showing good performances and perfect in the thing you are doing, there are people who want to disturb you.”

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