Odessa Quotes

“Just forget for a minute that you have spectacles on your nose and autumn in your heart. Stop being tough at your desk and stammering with timidity in the presence of people. Imagine for one second that you raise hell in public and stammer on paper. You’re a tiger, a lion, a cat. You spend a night with a Russian woman and leave her satisfied. You’re twenty five. If rings had been fastened to the earth and sky, you’d have seized them and pulled the sky down to earth”
― Isaac Babel

“The supernatural Christ of the New Testament, the god of orthodox Christianity, is dead. But priestcraft lives and conjures up the ghost of this dead god to frighten and enslave the masses of mankind. The name of Christ has caused more persecutions, wars, and miseries than any other name has caused. The darkest wrongs are still inspired by it. The wails of anguish that went up from Kishinev, Odessa, and Bialystok still vibrate in our ears.”
― John E. Remsburg, Christ

“Night and day rule from their two thrones,

Where the darkest hour and the brightest light meet
the Hellmouth shall be crossed
by she strengthened under the gift of day,
by she liberated with the gift of light.
And the world is whole again.

But the Cruel Kingdom hungers for a sacrifice.
Sacrifice overthrows chaos.
Sacrifice is necessary
for what was two to become one.

Test your worth; offer
to her, Inanna’s immortality.
She will grieve endlessly for the sister
Who slumbers in the house of the dead,
but her tears will save us all.

And until the Gates of Death and Life interwine,
Love continues to be the toll.
And she will pay.
She will pay.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World

“If the choice is between me risking my life and losing you, I’d choose the first.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World

“I had battered down seas, dispelled storms. Surely coming clean about my feelings was an easier task.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World

“But if ever these lines should be read in the land of Israel, which I shall never see, will someone there please say a khaddish for me?”
― Salomon Tauber

“Odessa è insieme Istanbul e Lisbona, Pietroburgo e Trieste.”
― Paolo Rumiz, The Fault Line: Traveling the Other Europe, From Finland to Ukraine

“Would a Catholic turn down the chance to visit Lourdes? Or a Muslim an opportunity to see Mecca? Well, no self-respecting criminal would pass up the offer of a week in Odessa.”
― Misha Glenny, DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You

“Her name was Ame. She had gorgeous grey eyes and a gently rounded face, but it was her hair, coal black and windwild that had drawn me in the first time.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Never Tilting World

“Albert Fortna, a retired Christian entrepreneur, personifies integrity since his 1985 conversion. Having owned a Honda Motorcycle & Car Dealership (1970-1978) owned and managed a Motorcycle salvage business (1977-1984) in Tampa, he later transitioned into real estate development (1980-2008) in the Tampa Bay area. Albert's online presence is a testament to the trust he's earned.”
― Albert Fortna