Epics are never written about libraries. They exist on whim it depends on if the conquering army likes to read.
– Patricia A McKillip
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- I don’t teach lies, but I do not teach all I know is true. – Patricia A McKillip
- I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep – Charles Maurice de TalleyrandPrigord
- An army of disciplined sheep is greater than an army of undisciplined wolves. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Who gave you a gun?”The army.”Why?”That’s what the army does, Simon. – A Ashley Straker
- Read. Read. Read. Just don’t read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style. – RL Stine
- Quality depends on kindness. Beauty depends on simplicity. Joy depends on generosity. – Debasish Mridha
- My life wasn’t just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently. – Brandon Sanderson
- A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all. – Rob Sheffield
- If someone likes you when you are living a lie, remember – he likes the lie, not you. – Azim Jamal Brian Tracy
- And read-¦ read all the time-¦ read as a matter of principle, as a matter of self-respect. Read as a nourishing staple of life. – David McCullough Jr
- Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist?O’Brien: Of course he exists.Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me?O’Brien: You do not exist. – George Orwell
- Love : so many people read about it in books and research on it in libraries yet so few discover the real feeling of it! – Avijeet Das
- Clever, smart and wise people have one in common that they read quotes, they are curious for knowledge and they have big libraries! – Deyth Banger
- I don’t know what’s more tragic, knowing how to read and choosing not to, or not knowing how to read and refusing to learn. – Patricia Goldbach
- I have a dream: That everyone may experience a heaven on earth by their own whim. – Michael Brett Turner
- We have the power to bend all men to our whim, but are forever pushing ourselves further, trying to fly higher-¦ and falling. – Darren Shan
- We would all believe in God if he served our every whim. Belief is not about an easy life or even truth. Belief is something you have regardless. – Jessica Shirvington
- Paradise is no whim.It takes time and trust,You see. – Scott Hastie
- There is no more disastrous mania, no more dangerous whim, than the speculation over roads not taken. – Juan Gabriel Vsquez
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- You answer to none but the whim of your own black heart. – Joshua Winning
- An hour in her presence, and he was ready to hit his knees, submit to her every whim. – Kelly Moran
- What, to many, passes for thought, is usually a compound of prejudice, desire, and whim. – Denham Sutcliffe
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- I hope people don’t take kittens on a whim, like they would a toy, then not care for them. – Shirley Rousseau Murphy
- Learning to read is one of the most extraordinary gifts you’ll ever receive, so open up God’s Word and read the most extraordinary book ever written. – JEB Spredemann
- Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them. – Blaise Pascal
- A good-enough novel violently written now is better than a perfect novel meticulously written never. – Elizabeth Gilbert
- I feel that a book is never written by the writer aloneit’s written by him and everyone around him be it directly or indirectly – Subhasis Das
- Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn’t already written. It’s written every day.Some scars never heal.Then again, some do. – Brad Meltzer
- And tell them all about the books you’ve read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That’s an order. You can never read too many books. – PB Kerr
- Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary line and adding to one’s liberty. – HenriFrdric Amiel