Amos Romines > Amos's Quotes

“…. ‘George said he needed a break. And there was something about Jonathan taking over …’   ‘That’s exactly what I mean,’ said Maxwell, ‘It seems like there’s all kinds of goings on there now.’ ‘What did the agents say then?’ ‘Your brother … he must still have a key. I told them to check, I told them. I expect they overlooked it. Hugo’s been going in and there are some women there apparently, I mean at the Manor House, Jonathan’s up to his usual tricks taking in every Tom, Dick and Harry and giving all kinds of undesirables a home, and there’s something about them chasing Hugo and taunting him, yesterday the buyers were viewing again and measuring up for curtains and things, I said they could, and they saw something going on outside, some shouting and laughing …’   ‘Women! What women? Jonathan’s not like that …’   ‘Not like that huh! He’s flesh and blood like the rest of us.’  ‘That’s not what I meant. Please don’t be angry Max, it’s not my fault.’ ‘Jonathan this and Jonathan that. Why do people think he’s so bloody marvellous eh! What the hell does he think he’s doing. People spilling over into my garden and wrecking the peace and quiet. George was completely mad to do this …”
― Elizabeth Tebby Germaine, A MAN WHO SEEMED REAL: A story of love, lies, fear and kindness

“Democracy is a pretty word. Democracy is a captivating magic. The oppressed classes always wanted and the oppressing ones always promised a democracy. But this was precisely for democracy that the both parts had always fought. The great French Revolution proclaimed the great appeal "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity". The history showed that from the class viewpoint, they could indicate different things, distinct contents; these concepts must be filled with different sense. In the class society, in the society locked in a state, Liberty is always at the top of somebody’s spear! Equality is the Achilles’ heel, into which this spear is plunged. Humanity is the pledge for plunging it by all force.  ”
― Todor Bombov, Socialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism!: The Marx Code-Socialism with a Human Face

“To live, i must breathe
To exist, i must write!”
― Yarro Rai

“Jack. You called? What’s up, buddy?”
When he calls me Jack, I know he is worried or anxious about something. Otherwise, it’s either Ludicrous or Swamp. Not sure where the ‘buddy’ came from. That was a new one.”
― Behcet Kaya, Murder in Buckhead

“She must feel like Lucifer’s frigid breath is running down the back of her delicate neck.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Death Leaves a Shadow

“The children of the world are consistent too – so I say they will soak up everything you can offer, take your job away from you, and then denounce you as a decrepit wreck. Finally, they’ll ignore you entirely. It”
― Walter M. Miller Jr., A Canticle for Leibowitz

“ჩვენ ვასახელებთ დროს, როდესაც ვამბობთ: ყოველ საგანს თავისი დრო აქვს. ამით იგულისხმება: ყველაფერი, რაც ოდესმე არის, ანუ ყოველი არსებული მოდის და მიდის თავის დროზე და განაგრძობს აქყოფნას გარკვეული დროით, მისთვის განკუთვნილი დროის განმავლობაში. თითოეულ საგანს თავისი დრო აქვს”
― Martin Heidegger

“Quando svoltai l'angolo, mi fermai di colpo. Ci avrei scommesso una settimana di stipendio che quel che stavo vedendo non poteva essere vero. Il nostro turbolento, esasperato cane stava adagiato tra le ginocchia di Jenny, il grosso testone posato placidamente sul suo grembo. La coda gli penzolava piatta tra le zampe, la prima volta che non lo vedevo agitarla quando stava toccando uno di noi. Gli occhi erano alzati verso di lei, e guaiva sommessamente. Jenny gli accarezzò la testa diverse volte e poi, senza preavviso, affondò la faccia nel folto del suo collo e cominciò a singhiozzare. Forte, in modo incontrollato.
Restarono così a lungo, con Marley immobile come una statua, Jenny che lo stringeva a sè come un enorme bambolotto. Io mi tenevo in disparte, sentendomi un po' come un intruso che interferiva in quel momento privato, non sapendo esattamente che cosa fare. E poi, senza alzare la faccia, Jenny mosse un braccio verso di me, e io li raggiunsi sul divano e me la strinsi contro. Restammo lì noi tre, nel nostro abbraccio di condiviso dolore.”
― John Grogan, Io & Marley

“The appeal was so often the same: Make me comfortable so I can go on doing whatever I want to do. They wanted sin without consequences.”
― Francine Rivers, An Echo in the Darkness