Favorite Quotes

[Ripred the Gnawer]

'"Humph!" said the camel.'

[Flib Bigboat]

"Besides, you're doing it wrong. It's Leviosa, not Leviosa."
~Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

[Tinarandel]

Blaggut: "Pleased t'meet yer, Mellers. My name's Blaggut, but the Cap'n 'ere calls me fat'ead an' lazypaws an' baggybum an' suchlike names. Hoho, 'e's a one fer names, is the Cap'n!"
Slipp (kicking Blaggut): "Will you stow all that 'Cap'n, Cap'n'! Yer an addle-nosed, bottlebrained, butterbellied barnacle!"
~The Bellmaker

[Flib Bigboat]

[Horace said], "We wait for our leader to point to an enemy and say, 'Go whack him.' We leave geography and such to Rangers. We like you to feel superior."

"Go whack him, indeed," Halt said. "It must be comforting to lead such an uncomplicated life."
~Ranger's Apprentice

[Sebias of Redwall]

 "Don't worry about me no matter what happens in this world. Nothing can happen to me that God doesn't want. And all that He wants, no matter how bad it may appear to us, is really for the best."

- Saint Thomas More.

[Tungro]

"Don't worry about me no matter what happens in this world. Nothing can happen to me that God doesn't want. And all that He wants, no matter how bad it may appear to us, is really for the best."
- Saint Thomas More.

"The fatal stroke was about to fall, when he signed for a moment's delay while he moved aside his beard. 'Pity that should be cut,' he murmured; 'that has not committed treason.' With which strange words, the strangest perhaps ever uttered at such a time, the lips most famous through Europe for eloquence and wisdom closed for ever."

[Flib Bigboat]

"I'll definitely do that, Ingvar. Point is, whatever they tell me you're worth, I'll get on my high horse and say it's not enough. Then we'll leave in a huff, taking you with us."

"I've always wanted to travel in a huff," Ingvar mused. "It sounds very comfortable. I imagine they're well padded."

"Lined with feathers, in fact," Gilan put in.
~Slaves of Socorro

[Ally046]

Innocent until proven guilty.

[Flib Bigboat]

"Life is often like pushing a luggage cart through the airport. Sometimes I feel ridiculous, sometimes I look ridiculous, but I just keep pushing that luggage cart, and hoping I'm generally heading in the right direction."
~My great-grandfather

[MathLuk]

A healthy animal, with a thoroughly strong constitution, is not altered in a moment at the first symptoms of illness. So with the empire in the reign of Constantine: it was by no means moribund and its breathing was still energetic; the neglect from which it was suffering seemed an insignificant item, until, by slow degrees, the malady grew, and reaching a crisis, threw the patient into utter confusion, complete disorder.

Michael Psellos, on the reign of Constantine IX

[Ally046]

I like that. ⬆️

[MathLuk]

"Do not be greedy for money, do not be untrustworthy, do not regard oneself as infallible, if a person fulfills these three, naturally he will be respected by everyone."
Zeng Guofan

[Flib Bigboat]

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith."
2 Timothy 4:7

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm still at large
So phooey to you.

-A letter zent by Zpider-Man tae J. Jonah Jameson (ze nevzpaper bloke vho really 'atez 'im und keepz tryin' tae dizcredit 'im und ruin 'iz reputation), from vone o' ze Zpider-Man comicz

[Flib Bigboat]

"Can you see me now?"
~Horace, Halt's Peril