Creatures Quotes - Page 28

• (He went to Tory and with one more push, his son slid into his hands. For a full minute, he couldn’t breathe as he stared at the tiniest, most perfect creature he’d ever seen in his life.) “Is it a smurf?” - Tory

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Son, Hands, Perfect

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Retribution”, p.412, Macmillan

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• For animals that are overworked, underfed, and cruelly treated; for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars; for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all that must be put to death...and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands and kindly words.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Heart, Animal, Compassion

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• I just sat there. I just held Shelby's hand. There was no noise, no tremble, just peace. Oh god. I realize as a woman how lucky I am. I was there when that wonderful creature drifted into my life and I was there when she drifted out. It was the most precious moment of my life.

  Robert Harling

  Hands, Lucky, Noise

  "Fictional character: M'Lynn". "Steel Magnolias", www.imdb.com. 1989.

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• Evil is a point of view ... God kills, and so shall we; indiscriminately ... for no creatures under God are as we are, none so like Him as ourselves. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are none so like him as ourselves.

  Anne Rice

  Views, Evil, Vampire

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• My mouth gaped and I think I might have whimpered. The Norns had obliterated him completely—a creature they’d known for centuries—because of me. It was like watching Rudolph get shot by Santa Claus.

  Kevin Hearne

  Thinking, Rudolph, Mouths

  Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.612, Del Rey

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• We are flawed creatures, all of us. Some of us think that means we should fix our flaws. But get rid of my flaws and there would be no one left.

  Sarah Vowell

  Mean, Thinking, Individuality

  Sarah Vowell (2013). “Take the Cannoli: Stories From the New World”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

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• The highest glory of the creature is in being only a vessel, to receive and enjoy and show forth the glory of God. It can do this only as it is willing to be nothing in itself, that God may be all. Water always fills first the lowest places. The lower, the emptier a man lies before God, the speedier and the fuller will be the inflow of the diving glory.

  Andrew Murray

  Lying, Men, Water

  Andrew Murray (2005). “Humility and Absolute Surrender”, p.55, Hendrickson Publishers

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• I didn't answer, but, please - nothing is obvious with boys. For such simple creatures, they are quite baffling.

  Rick Riordan

  Boys, Simple, Answers

  "The Throne of Fire". Book by Rick Riordan, May 3, 2011.

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• Despicable creatures, vultures: without a doubt the most disgusting birds ever. I suppose they served their purpose, but did they have to be so greasy and ugly? Couldn't we have cute fuzzy rabbits that cleaned up roadkill instead?

  Rick Riordan

  Cute, Bird, Doubt

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• Though there was no sound, there was a change. The atmosphere, which had gone tense at my accusation, relaxed. I wondered how I knew this. I had a strange sensation that I was somehow receiving more than my five senses were giving me - almost a feeling that there was another sense, on the fringes, not quite harnessed. Intuition? That was almost the right word. As if any creature needed more than five senses.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Giving, Feelings, Atmosphere

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• I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed!

  Jane Austen

  Fortunate

  "Pride and Prejudice".

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• Human beings are the only creatures who are allowed to fail. If an ant fails, it's dead. But we're allowed to learn from our mistakes and from our failures. And that's how I learn, by falling flat on my face and picking myself up and starting all over again.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Mistake, Fall, Ants

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• You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self. Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them. You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

  Richard Bach

  Spiritual, Real, Future

  "Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah". Book by Richard Bach, 1977.

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• Her grey eyes sparkled with passion as she spoke. Sid looked into them and for a second he glimpsed her soul. He saw what she was - fierce and brave. Upright. Impatient. And good. So good that she would sit covered in gore, shout at dangerous men, and keep a long, lonely vigil - all to save the likes of him. He realized she was a rare creature, as rare as a rose in winter.

  Jennifer Donnelly

  Lonely, Eye, Passion

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• Oh, well. Everyone else has suave, cosmopolitan sheep: why not us? The Millers at Hepple have a ewe that’s been to Kelso three times, and they’ve never been farther than Ford in their lives.” Kate peered absently into the farm pond, and clucked again. “Thoughtless creatures. They’ve forgotten the fish.

  Dorothy Dunnett

  Sheep, Three, Ponds

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• I knew it. You’re an alien,” said her former best friend, the pale, bespectacled creature with the spectacular cleavage. “Yes, I’m an alien and I still made cheerleader. And now I’m going to steal your boyfriend to prove girls can’t really be friends.” “I sat back timidly when you torched my house, killed my parents, and ate my dog. But now you’re stealing my boyfriend? That’s a step too far!

  Libba Bray

  Girl, Dog, House

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• Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man!

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

  Men, Justice, Murder

  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1823). “Frankenstein: ; Or, The Modern Prometheus”, p.209, DOSER Reads

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• What do you mean I have a predetermined death?” – Nick “Did I stutter?” – Death “No.” – Nick “Do I look like Webster’s?” – Death “No.” – Nick “Then you should understand what I said, since I didn’t speak in code. Every mortal creature is born with an expiration date. Some immortals, too. Set by the big clockmaker. But excessive stupidity and moronic tendencies can shorten it. Pissing me off is one really good way to cut yours down to three seconds from now.” – Death

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mean, Cutting, Stupidity

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• Children in the abstract, had never appealed to me. They seemed to be loud creatures, often dripping some form of goo.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Children, Abstract, Form

  Stephenie Meyer (2009). “Breaking Dawn: Twilight”, p.82, Hachette UK

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• Some tiny creature, mad with wrath, is coming nearer on the path.

  Edward Gorey

  Wrath, Mad, Tiny

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• Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it's good.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Believe, Evil, Different

  Karen Marie Moning (2016). “The Fever Series 7-Book Bundle: Darkfever, Bloodfever, Faefever, Dreamfever, Shadowfever, Iced, Burned”, p.1134, Dell

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• HAMLET [...] we fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service, two dishes, but to one table; that's the end. CLAUDIUS Alas, alas. HAMLET A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm. CLAUDIUS What dost thou mean by this? HAMLET Nothing but to show you how a king may go a progress through the guts of a beggar.

  William Shakespeare

  Kings, Mean, Men

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 2, l. [29]

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• There is no creature on earth half so terrifying as a truly just man.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Ice, Half

  George R. R. Martin (2011). “A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows”, p.561, Bantam

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• We are social creatures to the inmost centre of our being. The notion that one can begin anything at all from scratch, free from the past, or unindebted to others, could not conceivably be more wrong.

  Karl Popper

  Gratitude, Humility, Math

  "Karl Popper". Book by Bryan Magee, 1973.

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• Dancing? You, Poppy?" Marianne shook her head slowly. I never thought..." Rose looked concerned. She even felt Poppy's head for fever, but Poppy shook her off. "I don't know about you, Rose, but I'm done letting creatures like Under Stone and the Corley dictate my life. I enjoy dancing, and I will blasted well dance at my wedding!" "Poppy! Language!" Poppy didn't answer; she just threw her arms around Christian and kissed him soundly.

  Jessica Day George

  Christian, Rose, Dancing

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