She: A History Of Adventure Quotes
"In giving to the world the record of what, looked at as an adventure only, is I suppose one of the most wonderful and mysterious experiences ever undergone by mortal men..."
"Good gracious! I said to my friend, with whom I was walking, 'why, that fellow looks like a statue of Apollo come to life. What a splendid man he is!'"
"He was altogether too good-looking, and, what is more, he had none of that consciousness and conceit about him which usually afflicts handsome men, and makes them deservedly disliked by their fellows."
"Day by day we have greater occasion to regret that we did not better avail ourselves of our opportunities to obtain more information from that marvellous woman."
"We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again, this time to Central Asia where, if anywhere upon this earth, wisdom is to be found."
"As I sat and thought, there was a knock at my door, and a letter, in a big blue envelope, was brought in to me."
"I have always wanted to kill a buffalo before I die."
"It is to your advantage. You are not fit to mix with the world—it would only embitter you."
"Through the foam and turmoil I saw the black thing on the wave hurrying right at me."
"The slight drift of the boat brought the odd-shaped rock, or peak, at the end of the promontory which we had weathered with so much peril, between me and the majestic sight, and blotted it from my view."
"The colossal negro's head and the stone wharf had excited my curiosity to an extent of which I was secretly ashamed, and I was prepared to gratify it at any cost."
"I still continued to stare at the rock, however, absently enough, till presently it became edged with the fire of the growing light behind it."
"'What do you think of that, Job?' I asked of our retainer, who was sitting on the edge of the boat, trying to get as much sunshine as possible."
"'Great Heavens!' he said, faintly; 'and to think that we should have been chosen to live through it!'"
"'Allah! Allah!' howled Mahomed, feeling that he had little to hope from man, 'protect me! protect me!'"
"The colossal negro's head and the equally mysterious stonework, I made no direct reply."
"I did but sing unto thee after the fashion of my people. Surely, I meant nothing. How could I speak of that which is not yet?"
"When I am gone from thee, my chosen; when at night thou stretchest out thine hand and canst not find me, then shouldst thou think at times of me."
"'Good-bye, old fellow,' he said, 'my dear friend—my more than father. We have no chance against those scoundrels; they will finish us in a few minutes.'"
"It is a custom, my son, there is a custom that if a stranger comes into this country he may be slain by 'the pot,' and eaten."
"It is hospitality turned upside down. In our country we entertain a stranger, and give him food to eat. Here ye eat him, and are entertained."
"Vengeance shall be taken on them such as would make the flesh twist upon the bones merely to hear of it."
"That which is alive hath known death, and that which is dead yet can never die, for in the Circle of the Spirit life is naught and death is naught. Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten."
"Mistrust all men, and slay him whom thou mistrustest overmuch; and as for women, flee from them, for they are evil, and in the end will destroy thee."
"He must be wearied after that fight. I will go lest I should awake him."
"I see that men still know how to beguile us women with false words."
"Ah, stranger, thou wast afraid because mine eyes were searching out thine heart, therefore wast thou afraid."
"As thou art great be merciful, for I am now as ever thy servant to obey."
"Ah, how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathereth it up like water, but like water it runneth through his fingers."
"Strong art thou, and ugly, but, if my wisdom be not at fault, honest at the core, and a staff to lean on."
"As yet thou hast no cause to fear me. If thou hast cause, thou shalt not fear for long, for I shall slay thee."
"There is no such thing as magic, though there is such a thing as a knowledge of the secrets of Nature."
"What is the use of cursing?—she prevailed, and she is gone."
"Nature hath her animating spirit as well as man, who is Nature's child."
"Life is wonderful, ay, but that it should be a little lengthened is not wonderful."
"My life has perchance been evil, I know not—for who can say what is evil and what good?"
"Their Messiah came, but He came poor and lowly, and they would have none of Him."
"The light of hope doth not shine more bright."
"Think, oh Holly: for two thousand years have I had none to converse with save slaves and my own thoughts."
"For surely the food that memory gives to eat is bitter to the taste."
"It is only with the teeth of hope that we can bear to bite it."
"Yet am I weary of my thoughts, and have come to loathe mine own society."
"I have overcome Death, and Death brought back to me him that was dead."
"Therefore do I rejoice, for fair is the future."
"There is only one perfect flower in the wilderness of Life. That flower is Love!"
"All else is false. All else is shadow moving upon water. All else is wind and vanity."
"Who shall say what is the weight or the measure of Love?"
"'See now the place where I have slept for these two thousand years,' said Ayesha."
"'Here have I slept night by night for all these generations, with but a cloak to cover me.'"
"'Be not affrighted,' she said; 'though the thing seem wonderful to thee—all we who live have thus lived before.'"
"'Across the gulf of Time they still are one. Time hath no power against Identity.'"
"'Therefore, have no fear, Kallikrates, when thou—living, and but lately born—shalt look upon thine own departed self.'"
"'I let her be killed—not that I could help that, but within five minutes I was kissing her murderess over her body.'"
"'I have been a good man, sir, and do my duty honest, and if it wasn't for the supercilious kind of way in which father carried on last night—a sort of sniffing at me as it were, as though he hadn't no opinion of my references and testimonials—I should feel easy enough in my mind.'"
"'It is a hard thing to die in a place like this, where Christian burial isn't to be had for its weight in gold.'"
"'I pray thee, and thou too, my own Kallikrates, for I would get me ready against our journey.'"
"'Is there no man that will draw my veil and look upon my face, for it is very fair? Unto him who draws my veil shall I be, and peace will I give him, and sweet children of knowledge and good works.'"
"Blessed is sleep, for it swallows up recollection."
"Therefore, be advised and venture no more into lands that ye know not."
"Well do I remember how thou didst rescue me."
"A story that began more than two thousand years ago may stretch a long way into the dim and distant future."
"Often I sit alone at night, staring with the eyes of the mind into the blackness of unborn time."
"What its end will be as regards Leo and myself is more than I can guess at."