Caroline Manley > Caroline's Quotes

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Ask not the elves for advice, because they will tell you both 'yes' and 'no'.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
― John Rogers