A Quotes
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“Aurora Rose looked back up at the nightjar. She raised up a graceful hand. There was no reason the carnivorous and mostly shy bird should leave its perch and alight on her finger.
But it did.
'How did she know it was carnivorous?'
It burbled happily and did everything but rub its strange, whiskered beak on her hand like a cat. She stroked the back of its head.”
Source: Once Upon a Dream
“Aurora's Sunday brunch buffet is world-class, desserts or no desserts. Your mouth starts to water the moment you enter and spot the seafood bar on your right- lobsters the color of blood oranges reclining on hillocks of shaved ice, oysters split open, their salty innards on show. Around the corner is an area devoted to cheese, huge rounds of fragrant, fresh Parmesan and a soft cheese with a gray-white rind, oozing and pungent. Behind the cheeses is a magnificent honeycomb hung on a metal frame and dripping down a silver gutter into a small bowl. The entire place smells like heaven- copper pots of hot, fresh bread being carried to tables, aged ham sliced from the bone, the chocolatier dipping soft pralines.”
Source: The Color of Tea
“Aurora shuddered, her face white with anger.
The only thing worse than having to compete for Gold Stars was not being allowed to compete anymore.
Muting was the Neon God’s favourite punishment, for He loved to hijack human language, almost as much as He loved hijacking perfectly human societal norms.
Judging people on their supposed worth was His favourite pastime, and God forbid you didn’t follow His arbitrarily-chosen set of beliefs, which appeared to change every hour.
Under the Neon God’s law, innocent words such as “powerline” or “screwdriver” had become obscene, trigger words that would most definitely get you muted, thrown in a Mind Prison or killed.”
Source: 5 Stars
“Aurora took a deep breath.
There it was, she thought, the reason behind all the madness. Why society was acrumble; why she and everyone else were on the brink of starvation. Humanity’s inevitable ending. The Darkspread. The Close. There, in the Golden Dragon’s dark underbelly was where all the maps stopped.
‘Two days from now, the Dark will cover the world,’ she said pensively, trying not to think what horrific sight awaited her behind the spring-loaded door, ‘and the Neon God shall rule over darkness.”
Source: 5 Stars
“Aurora was romantic and brooding and heartbreaking and volatile all at once. In the age of arena rock, Daisy Jones & The Six managed to create something that felt intimate even though it could still play to a stadium. They had the impenetrable drums and the searing solos—they had songs that felt relentless in the best way possible. But the album also felt up close and personal. Billy and Daisy felt like they were right next to you, singing just to each other.
“And it was deeply layered. That was the biggest thing Aurora had going for it. It sounds like a good-time album when you first listen to it. It’s an album you can play at a party. It’s an album you get high to. It’s an album you can play as you’re speeding down the highway.
“But then you listen to the lyrics and you realize this is an album you can cry to. And it’s an album you can get laid to.
“For every moment of your life, in 1978, Aurora could play in the background.
“And from the moment it was released, it was a juggernaut.”
Source: Daisy Jones & The Six
“Aurora, you're a child, live like one, don't act like one. Enjoy the innocence, dump the immaturity.”
Source: Catharsis
“Auroras are so dim they cannot be seen during the daytime.”
“Aurore sketched—it would always be her pleasure—and "scribbled"—it was her passion...”
Source: Infamous Woman: the life of George Sand
“Auroville (City of Dawn) is an 'experimental' township in Viluppuram district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India near Puducherry in South India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Richard (since her definitive settling in India called '[The] Mother') and designed by architect Roger Anger. Auroville is meant to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity.”
“Aurélies Akzent ist ohne Frage sehr charmant
Auch wenn sie schweigt wird sie als wunderbar erkannt
Sie brauch mit Reizen nicht zu geizen
Denn ihr Haar ist Meer und Weizen
Noch mit Glatze fräß ihr jeder aus der Hand
Doch Aurélie kapiert das nie
Jeden Abend fragt sie sich:
"Wann nur verliebt sich wer in mich?"
- Aurélie (Wir sind Helden Song)”
“Aus Erfahrung weiß Loreen bereits, dass die schlimmen Dinge meist plötzlich passieren, ohne Vorwarnung. Aber dabei vergisst man oft, dass manchmal auch die guten Dinge wie aus dem Nichts geschehen.
(Loreen)”
Source: Essenz der Götter II
“Aus Liebe verschweigt man anderen bestimmte Dinge. Aber eigentlich finde ich, dass man Menschen, je mehr man sie liebt, desto mehr sagen sollte - sogar die schwierigen Sachen. Ich glaube, es ist der beste Liebesbeweis, ihnen alles zu erzählen.”
Source: Marking Time
“Aus Lügen, die wir glauben, werden Wahrheiten, mit denen wir leben.”
“Aus so krummen Holze, als woraus der Mensch gemacht ist, kann nichts ganz Gerades gezimmert werden. Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing can ever be made.”
“Aus Yukiko wurde Yuki. Aus Yuki wurde nichts. Den feuchten Schwamm in der Hand drehte sie sich schließlich um, suchender Blick, er fand mich im Abseits. In ihm eine Anmut, der Glanz von einst: Ich schwöre, ich löse mich in Sternenstaub auf. Genau so sah sie mich an. Als ob sie mir sagen wollte: Ich löse mich auf.”
Source: I Called Him Necktie
“Auschwitz begins wherever someone looks at a slaughterhouse and thinks: they’re only animals.”
“Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples.”
“Auschwitz exists because of politicized science.”
“Auschwitz is a place in which tragedy cannot occur.”
“Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it. Rejection of human solidarity, obtuse and cynical indifference to the suffering of others, abdication of the intellect and of moral sense to the principle of authority, and above all, at the root of everything, a sweeping tide of cowardice, a colossal cowardice which masks itself as warring virtue, love of country and faith in an idea.”
“Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity.”
“Auschwitz?! That is a name I had heard before. There is not much time for thinking. It had been raining here not so long ago. The asphalt of the wet, wide platform reflects the light of the high lighting-poles. The row of armed SS men competes in howling with their dogs they hold on leashes”
“Auschwitz was a dark epiphany, providing us with a terrible vision of what life is like when all sense of the sacred is lost and the human being--whoever he or she may be--is no longer revered as an inviolable mystery.”
Source: The Case for God
“Auschwitz was one of the wealthiest places in the world. Everyone who was deported there had been in such a hurry that they were only able to take along the things they loved the most. Well, of course, a musician would take along her instrument. But then they would take these precious possessions away from the prisoners once they arrived. All these things were kept in a part of the camp the prisoners called "Canada." It was like a giant warehouse.”
“Ausentarse es una forma de callar. Ausentarse para siempre es buscar el silencio definitivo.”
Source: La historia del silencio
“Ausonius and Symmachus and their set ignore the barbarians as completely as the novels of Jane Austen ignore the Napoleonic wars.”
Source: Medieval People
“Ausonius must be read to be believed! As poet, no subject is too trivial for him; as courtier, no flattery too excessive.”
“Auspicious coincidence is the right thing happening at the right time.”
“Auspiciousness comes only through balance.”
“Ausruhmantra
Wir sind zerbrochen, das macht uns knackig.
Wir sind begraben, das macht uns geduldig.
Wir sind vergessen, das macht uns unzerstörbar.
Wir sind besiegt, das macht uns klüger.
Wir sind eine Art Staub, und eine Art Gold, und eine Art Hoffnung, und eine Art Irrtum.
Wir sind über und über mit winzigen Fehlern bedeckt, uns wer uns unter all diesen Fehlern dennoch erkenn kann, gehört zu uns.”
Source: Verbotene Verbesserungen
“Aussi déprimant que cela puisse paraître, l'essentiel de notre temps éveillé, de notre énergie, de notre créativité est donc consacré à interagir avec un écran ou à exercer une activité professionnelle.”
Source: Petit manuel de résistance contemporaine
“Aussi longtemps qu'il existerait des fenêtres, le moindre humain de la terre aurait sa part de liberté.”
“Aussi, n'est-ce pas à la 'fin des hommes' que nous assistons aujourd'hui, et tant mieux, mais au déclin du système viriarcal et à la déconstrution du mythe viril, élaborés par l'homme pour son propre malheur, autant que pour celui de la femme. Car ce n'est pas elle qui a émasculé l'homme: il s'est automutilé, en tombant dans son propre piège.”
Source: Le mythe de la virilité
“Aussi surprenant que cela puisse paraître, l'image d'un être humain égoïste et paniqué en temps de catastrophe n'est pas du tout corroborée par les faits.”
Source: Comment tout peut s'effondrer : Petit manuel de collapsologie à l'usage des générations présentes
“Aussie culture is pretty relaxed in general, but at the same time people know how to work really hard to go above and beyond what's expected of them.”
“Aussie sledging? I'm just glad they've heard of me!”
“Aussies are big and empty, just like their country.”
“Austere government buildings lined the edges, standing in the square an individual felt like a speck of dust.”
Source: Brushstrokes in Time
“Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.”
“Austerity causes constipation; excess, diarrhea.”
“Austerity, especially when it cannot be offset by a significant lowering of interest rates, brings with it increases in unemployment -- particularly enduring unemployment -- suppression of wages for the majority, and deepening income inequality.”
Source: Tax Is Not a Four-Letter Word: A Different Take on Taxes in Canada
“Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.”
“Austerity need not be Europe's fate.”
“Austin - it's a stimulating center. In this conversation, the very first two questions were talking about my kind of wanderlust and my adventures. Some people at my time in life travel forever. I don't know whether it's the British or the Australians - whoever it is, you can kind of stagger into some sort of far-off bastion in the middle of nowhere, and you'll find someone from Britain or someone from Australia or maybe an American.”
“Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your @$$!”
“Austin and I proceeded to knock back a couple of Ketel One and grapefruit juices, which happened to be my drink of the moment. Someone told me that grapefruit was a great detoxifier and I decided I wanted to start cleaning out my liver WHILE I was having a cocktail.”
“Austin could do little more than stare at the woman. "It's a prairie dog," he reminded her.
Cautiously, she brushed her fingers over its head. "It's just a baby. Please help her."
Dee was looking at him with so much hope in her big brown eyes that he couldn't do what he knew needed to be done. He slipped his gun into his holster. Thank God, she was married to his brother and not to him. Dallas could break her heart. Austin wouldn't.”
Source: Texas Glory
“Austin couldn't help being protective of his youngest brother. While he and Hayes had both worked in law enforcement, Laramie had no experience dealing with criminals.
"I hope you're right," Austin said as he watched his family finish their lunches. Still, he couldn't shake the feeling that Laramie had no idea what he was getting into.”
Source: Reunion at Cardwell Ranch
“Austin had a concussion tonight. That's the way it goes for us. We get one back, we lose one. Or lose two. We've had the most difficult time the last two years just keeping a full roster. Hopefully at some point at the end of the tunnel some good things can happen for the Indiana Pacers.”
“Austin is such a free and creative place, but I can't enjoy it as much because everyone I love is back in L.A.”