Behind every beautiful thing, there’s some kind of pain.

What-what do you want?” Annabeth asked, trying to maintain a tone of confidence.The voice cackled maliciously.’To curse you, of course! To destroy you thousand times in the name of Mother Night!'”Only a thousand times?” Percy...

In case of religion, if there is no scientific evidence of such a thing, you should not judge those who do not believe. And they should not judge you, reciprocally.

He’s waiting for yu, young queen.’Shocked, I stared at Seoras. ‘Heath?’The Warrior’s look was wise and understanding – his voice gentle. ‘Aye, yur Heath probably does await you somewhere in the future, but it is...

You don’t always have to take it all on, either, you know. The weight of the world. The responsibility for everyone else’s problems. Sometimes it’s okay to let somebody else worry about you.

Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.

We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.

The Loneliness of the Military HistorianConfess: it’s my professionthat alarms you.This is why few people ask me to dinner,though Lord knows I don’t go out of my way to be scary.I wear dresses of sensible...

Always you, since the moment I first lay my hands on you to heal that bullet wound. SinceI fell inside your soul. Don’t you know that by now, Quinn?

Even a foolish old woman like me knows that lazy people don’t think for themselves; they only think about themselves.

Sometimes thought Liir-his first thought in weeks and weeks-sometimes I hate this marvelous land of ours. It’s so much like home, and then it holds out on you.

Helen of Troy Does Counter DancingThe world is full of womenwho’d tell me I should be ashamed of myselfif they had the chance. Quit dancing.Get some self-respectand a day job.Right. And minimum wage,and varicose veins,...

I am needed here. Atlantis can burn in the nine hells for all I care. I have sacrificed enough to Poseidon. My days as high priest are done.

Instinct of love toward an object demands a mastery to obtain it, and if a person feels they can’t control the object or feel threatened by it, they act negatively toward it.

Wherever they might be they always remember that the past was a lie, that memory has no return, that every spring gone by could never be recovered, and that the wildest and most tenacious love...

I’m simpley one hell of a butler.

People says it gets easier. People are stupid.”-Vlad

Nicholas Benedict did have an exceptional gift for knowing things (more exceptional, in fact, than most adults would have thought possible), and yet not even he could know that this next chapter was to be...

I was one of those unfortunates adopted by upper middle-class professionals and nurtured in an environment of learning, art and a socio-religious culture steeped in more than 2000 years of Talmudic tradition. Not everyone is...

The meaning of life in western secular society is to be successful. So many people are success mad and they are encouraged to reach for something and have so called “worthwhile goals”. Money, fame, power,...

Don’t think that what you say fleetingly to one man be harmless. Your fleeting words can travel so fast and so lightly that soon enough they will end up hitting someone so hard that they...

How can you fall in love at first sight when you can’t even see?

The world put’s too much emphasis on what a person does in terms of monetary value and social status as opposed to who they are. If I was to ask you if you would be...

One of the questions I have been asked many times since this story broke is this: Now that the facts are out there, what can we do? My answer, depressing and cynical as it may...

We always protect our heads, our faces,’ he commented as he followed a half-step behind and to her left. It’s pure instinct; to shield the eyes. The irony is that the blind have no eyes...

Part of the treasure in heaven that Jesus talks about is the feeling of purpose and satisfaction a person has when they know they are performing the will of God. Those who put themselves and...

If he can’t get to the clock, any idea how we deal with this lot?””With great care,” Donegan suggested.”How about we run off shout and they follow?” Said Gracious. “Then, just when they think they’ve...

An Irish wedding is a tame thing to an Irish funeral.

Sometimes we can’t see the relevance of Jesus Christ until we become dissatisfied with the world and realise that there must be more to life than working 9 to 5, buying and accumulating expensive ‘things’and...

There’s a clock on the wall. Press your hand against the face and turn it very slightly to the. Left. There’ll be a click to tell you it’s done.””Sounds easy enough.””Yes it does,” said Sanguine....

The Irish are never at peace but when they’re fighting.

Because of the value placed on individual materialistic success in our society, we are surrounded by people primarily interested in getting something from others. Their attitudes are characterised by selfishness and a lack of empathy...

About 83.3% of the word BRIGHT consists of the word RIGHT, so RIGHT living guarantees a BRIGHT future

How can I teach my boys the value and beauty of language and thus communication when the President himself reads westerns exclusively and cannot put together a simple English sentence? (John Steinbeck, in a private...

Feelings, whether of compassion or irritation, should be welcomed, recognized, and treated on an absolutely equal basis; because both are ourselves. The tangerine I am eating is me. The mustard greens I am planting are...

Holy Child of God, You are a Beautiful Creation of a Loving God. Let not the dreams of the world persuade You that you are unworthy of Love. You are Divine Love itself, and nothing...

Whether or not the fame of Gilgamesh of Uruk had reached the Aegean – and the idea is attractive – there can be no doubt that it was as great as that of any other...