Jaimie Oltman > Jaimie's Quotes

“Mom, please don't use 'the happy voice.' It reminds me of the day Tinkles died."
"Who was Tinkles?" Sue asked around a mouthful of pancake.
"My cat. When I was five, Tinkles died choking on a mouse that was a bit ambitious for a kitten to eat."
"It was terribly traumatic for Aurelia because it was the first time she'd experienced loss." 
"What did you do to help her get through it?" 
Rosalind smiled at Mother Guardian. "Well, after a good cry, we performed an autopsy."
Aurelia reached for her mother's hand. "I never thanked you for that.”
― Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

“A magic Adam never knew existed, yet he must somehow control it to survive.”
― Max Nowaz, Get Rich or Get Lucky

“He was so full of disgust, disgust at the world and at himself, that he could not weep.”
― Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

“unless the direction of science is guided by a consciously ethical motivation, especially compassion, its effects may fail to bring benefit. They may indeed cause great harm.”
― Dalai Lama XIV, The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality

“Anytime a child is born, the old people look in his face and ask him if he's the One.”
― Ernest J. Gaines, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

“He told us that it had been a fine day to-day, and we told him that it had been a fine day yesterday, and then we all told each other that we thought it would be a fine day to-morrow; and George said the crops seemed to be coming up nicely.”
― Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat

“Misfortunes make us wise”
― Mary Norton, The Borrowers Afield

“Beklemek ileriye doğru acele etmek,zamanı ve içinde bu anı bir armağan yerine bir engel gibi görmek,değerlerini yadsıyıp yok ederek zihninde üzerlerinden atlayıp geçmek demektir.Beklemek sıkıcıdır denir,oysa,büyük bir oranda zamanı kullanmadan ve deneyimlerinden geçmeden tüketmek eğlencelidir de.Hiçbir şey yapmadan bekleyen bir kişi,hiçbir yararı olmadan bir sürü şeyi sindirim sistemine yığan bir obura benzer diyebiliriz.Daha da ileriye giderek hazmedilmemiş gıdaların bir insanı daha güçlü yapmadığı gibi geçen zamanın insanı yaşlandırmadığını söyleyebiliriz.Zaten ari ve tam bekleme diye bir şey yoktur.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain