Quotes for All
A word is all it takes to put a man in prison, or to seize his property, or to end his life. A saber might be stopped by a shield. A bullet might be dodged by a stroke of luck. But you can’t dodge a word. If one is flung at you, it will hit … Read more
Carmelia Montiel, a twenty-year-old virgin, had just bathed in orange-blossom water and was strewing rosemary leaves on Pilar Ternera’s bed when the shot rang out. Aureliano José had been destined to find with her the happiness that Amaranta had denied him, to have seven children, and to die in her arms of old age, but … Read more
The war is in the mountains,” he said. “For as long as I can remember, they have killed us in the cities with decrees, not with bullets. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists. Ezra Pound
I always felt that one day I would have to make the change in my own life, bite the bullet and see what it is to be a composer who conducts rather than the other way around. Esa-Pekka Salonen
Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies] Ernst Junger
I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. My bullet bill this month was going to be huge. Ernest Cline
And for any agents or proxy of the regime interested in asking me questions face to face, I’ve got some bullets slathered in pork fat to make you feel extra special welcome. Eric S. Raymond
The important thing to know about an assassination or an attempted assassination is not who fired the shot, but who paid for the bullet. Eric Ambler
Sig Sauer. Nine millimetres. Thirteen in the magazine. Big bullets. One of these hits you and it could blow your head off; something even the magic can’t fix. Other than that you should be all right, presuming you remembered to wear the regulation above-ground micro-fibre jumpsuit recently patented by me. Then again, being a Recon … Read more