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“Valkyrie patted Fletcher’s arm. “Don’t worry,” she said. “If the bad man comes, I’ll protect you.” “If the bad man comes,” Fletcher responded, “I’ll bravely give out a high-pitched scream to distract him. I may even bravely faint, to give him a false sense of security. That will be your signal to strike.” “We make a great team.” “Just don’t forget to stand in front of me the whole time,” he said.”
Source: Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 6)
“Valkyrie smiled patiently. "I like how you do your make-up. Do you use a brush, or just dip your head in the bucket?”
“Valkyrie stood there and waited for her to start making sense.
"There is a vegetable-plant hybrid we've been working on, modifying the genes and receptors, mutating the proteins and acids so that they are, in effect, neurotransmitters. Our work on the synapses alone has been quite illuminating."
Valkyrie stood there and waited for her to start making sense.”
Source: The Dying of the Light
“Valkyrie walked to the back door, which hadn't been closed properly, shut it and locked it. There was now a baby in the house, after all. She couldn't take the chance that a wild animal might wander in and make off with Alice, like those dingoes in Australia. She was probably being unfair to both dingoes and Australia, but she couldn't risk it. Locked doors kept the dingoes out, and that's all there was to it, even if she didn't know what a dingo actually was. She took out her phone, searched the Internet, found a picture of a baby dingo and now she really wanted a baby dingo for a pet.”
“Valkyrie, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your friend is most likely dead.” “Of course he’s dead. He’s a skeleton.”
Source: Skulduggery Pleasant:
“Valkyrie: “You are such a moron.” Skulduggery: “Don't be jealous of my genius.”
“Valley of Light (The Sonnet)
Behind every cloud,
There is a silver lining.
The cloud is in the mind,
So is the silver lining.
The brush is born of mind,
The paint as well is born of mind.
If the painting has no color,
That too is because of the mind.
When the mind is bright so is the sun,
When the heart is dark so is the sun.
When everything looks dull, just look inside,
You'll discover, all along you've been the sun.
Heart is the gateway to its own valley of light.
Heart is the pedestrian, heart is the might.”
Source: Find A Cause Outside Yourself: Sermon of Sustainability
“Valley of the Damned (# 1 The 'Halla)
As she sat teary, another story arose,
Young and full of vigor hewed with manymanymany
years of repose.
“Comrades” she brightened, “listen again to my tale,
Of courage and power, and how evil can never prevail.
—Valkyrie Kari, Saint of the Blade
Chapter 15, Valley of the Damned
Footnote: In one form or another, everybody hears but very few listen. It is a lost art. Like developing a taste for classical art, music or fine wine, listening is a skill, a ‘taste’ to develop, an “acquired sound.”
Valley of the Damned et al.”
“Valley of the Damned
Ch. One:
Dark Storm Rising
’Tis said giants grapple in the Earth so deep,
To contend for souls that they might keep.”
“Valley of the Damned (The 'Halla, Vol. # 1)
No force can oppose Love in Earth or Heaven above, No, not even the damned of Hell can stop relentless Love.
—Valkyrie Kari, Chapter Sixteen”
“Valley of the Damned. Valkyrie Kari tells of the great warrior Crazy Horse (abridged)
’Twas written of those of long ago,
That honor should be “as long as grass shall grow.”
In battle honor is a fearsome beast, none can contain, In the strength of heart, it brings only shame.
A mighty warrior of the plains was he,
Crazy Horse of Sioux battle creed.
Given to the ravages of noble, savage war,
Against his enemies, he vaulted fore.
Peering down from lofty mountain hold,
The Horse in dream; the warrior was of olde.
The promises they were broken one by one,
Until only war unbridled could be hardtily done.
Understanding and honor was not for those weak,
Only the evil Long-knives now he eagerly did seek.
The Knives came to steal, to plunder their land,
To kill sacred mother with marauding, guilty hands.
They had no regard for their own swelling words,
With lust in their eyes, their greed greatly stirred.
From southern lands came noise that Longhair did kill, Black Kettle’s camp, their blood he had spilled.
Longhair destroyed all; dastard agent of evil strife,
Deprived them of children and their bountiful life.
Yet this lone, brave holy man stood in Longhair’s way, Crazy Horse, vision man, his plans were well framed.
His command rode north hard to that destined battle, To meet wicked Longhair—to dash him from the saddle.
Fate led him on to Little Bighorn,
Where warriors of the sun met with sacred horn.
A hellish dry place of calamitous battle,
Found many a soul hearing death’s final rattle.
The Long-snakes scouted for the great camp,
That morn’ they set their fateful, forked-tongue attack.
They raised their sabers, waved them strong,
Entered eternity, their deaths foresaw.
A sea of pilfered blue engulfed in crimson red,
Amidst swirls of feathers sacred of the motherland.
Through carnage, The Horse did lead his men,
Beyond the battle, to the place where legend began.
Up hill rode the bold Crazy Horse,
With a thousand others to show determined force.
To engage Long-knives at their last stand,
Striking them down until dead was every man.
Great Gall and Crazy Horse led that righteous attack,
Against forceful Custer, whose plans did not lack, For ’twas he himself who boasted, wantonly said, “I will become a great chief, if my enemies I fill with lead.”
With righteous honor as their sacred ally,
Holy arrows that day swiftly let fly.
Horse met Longhair in battle forever stayed,
Defeated mighty Custer; his corpse on the field in state.
Upon that fateful day, on sage choked sandy plain,
Spirits clashed with spirits, for the sacred domain.
Unconquerable, indomitable this sacred warrior heart,
Leads many against the evil now, for this righteous court.
Thus, Horse brought the valiants into stark raved battle,
Battle scarred by holy wounds delivered by blue devils.
Yet he would not relent, this honorable man of gifted vision, But peace came through the lie; his life ended by steel incision.
Breathing his last, quiet honor came his way,
“Bring my heart home, the Great Spirit will find my way.”
Thus ˊtis with all whose understanding shows what may, Honor leads righteousness to death, ask they of that claim.
War spirit vigilant with mighty spear and bow in hand,
Leads Great Plains spirits, under his gallant command.
His spirit never conquered lives it to this good day,
Among the heroic mighty, let us his spirit proclaim.
In the hour of travail, honor can be finely seen,
Leading multitudes unto battle, their hearts boundlessly free.
Cowards can never know the freedom of the plains and wind,
Or how she musters a soul and the courage found within.
Born in deep commune of Earth and Great Spirit above,
Understanding and honor flow from hearts of great love.
One without understanding is a fool at best,
One without honor is a spirit that ne’er rests.
O’ majestic One of the relentless plain,
The mountains ring joyous with thy name.”
“VALLEY
The valleys climb towards the sky in the early morning hours - seeking horizon's lines;
More than the gravestones do with all the memory lined neatly up and half-forgotten - nearly washed away.
Our sun is doomed to meet both.”
“Valley to Cross
The valley I must cross
under the bridges that were burned
troubled water beats against my heart
while I’m trying to be heard.
The sky turns dark on a full moon night
It’s God that lights my way
my legs are weak, but my heart strong
I’ll walk to meet the day.
There’s a mountain in the distance
my legs tremble with each step
how can I get to you Dear God?
exhausted there I slept.
Awaken on the mountain top
through tears, a view to behold
keeping our faith, not easy
God’s story had been told.”
“Valmentajan kannattaa olla kiinnostunut ja utelias tieteestä, filosofiasta ja taiteestakin. Matka itseen on matkoista vaikein, mutta urheilu tarjoaa siihen loistavan mahdollisuuden. Aivan kuten taiteella, urheilulla on mielettömät mahdollisuudet luodata ihmisyyttä.”
“Valor and virtue can’t be bound by no graveyard.”
Source: The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work
“Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands. This can only be by his preferring truth to his past apprehension of truth; and his alert acceptance of it, from whatever quarter; the intrepid conviction that his laws, his relations to society, his Christianity, his world may at any time be superseded and decease.”
“Valor consists in the power of self recovery.”
Source: The Portable Emerson: New Edition
“Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands.”
Source: The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.”
“Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes.”
“Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it until the test comes.”
“Valor is abased by too much loftiness.”
“Valor is common but great souls are rare.”
“Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards.”
“Valor is rejuvenation through resilience.”
Source: Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science
“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
“Valor is strength, not of legs and arms, but of heart and soul; it consists not in the worth of our horse or our weapons, but in our own.”
Source: Complete Essays
“Valor is superior to number.”
“Valor is the contempt of death and pain.”
“Valor is the soldier's adornment.”
“Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.”
“Valor, lobito, ¡siempre valor! Recuerda que los malos tiempos no duran siempre, y que las dificultades que hoy nos parecen tan terribles acabaran desapareciendo.”
“Valor was in Nikodemos, unquestionable, and commitment like trees to stand or night to fall.”
Source: The Sacred Band
“Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice.”
“Valour needs first strength, then a weapon.”
“Valour that parlies is neare yeelding.
[Valor that parleys is near yielding.]”
“Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.”
Source: Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete
“Valtavia rikoksia ovat: kansanmurha, väkisinmakuu ja puhemusiikin tuottaminen. Ne kohdistuvat muihin ihmisiin ja väestöryhmiin, niiden seuraamukset ovat hirvittävät.”
Source: Mielensäpahoittajan hiihtokirja
“Valten's blood boiled at the thought of Ruexner holding Gisela, of him taking her by force, dragging her away from underneath Valten's nose, from his own home.”
Source: The Captive Maiden
“Valuable and ingenious he might be, thought Jack, fixing him with his glass, but false he was too, and perjured. He had voluntarily sworn to have no truck with vampires, and here, attached to his bosom, spread over it and enfolded by one arm, was a greenish hairy thing, like a mat - a loathsome great vampire of the most poisonous kind, no doubt. ‘I should never have believed it of him: his sacred oath in the morning watch and now he stuffs the ship with vampires; and God knows what is in that bag. No doubt he was tempted, but surely he might blush for his fall?’
No blush; nothing but a look of idiot delight as he came slowly up the side, hampered by his burden and comforting it in Portuguese as he came.
‘I am happy to see that you were so successful, Dr Maturin,’ he said, looking down into the launch and the canoes, loaded with glowing heaps of oranges and shaddocks, red meat, iguanas, bananas, greenstuff. ‘But I am afraid no vampires can be allowed on board.’
‘This is a sloth,’ said Stephen, smiling at him. ‘A three-toed sloth, the most affectionate, discriminating sloth you can imagine!’ The sloth turned its round head, fixed its eyes on Jack, uttered a despairing wail, and buried its face again in Stephen’s shoulder, tightening its grip to the strangling-point.”
Source: H.M.S. Surprise
“Valuable elements may be easier to experience in art and in anticipation than in reality.
The anticipatory and artistic imaginations omit and compress, they cut away the periods of boredom and direct our attention to critical moments and, without either lying or embellishing, thus lend to life a vividness and a coherence that it may lack in the distracting woolliness of the present.”
Source: The Art of Travel
“Valuable people are undervalued.”
“Valuation is vague and arbitrary, when there is no assurance that it will be generally acquiesced in by others.”
Source: A treatise on political economy: or, The production, distribution and consumption of wealth
“Value added time brings you closer to greatness”
Source: No One Is Better Than You
“Value-added time produces multiplication and production”
“Value all books in proportion as they are agreeable to Scripture. Those that are nearest to it are the best, and those that are farthest from it, and most contrary to it, the worst.”
“Value all relationships for the lessons they teach. Make sure you learn the lessons well. If not you will repeat those mistakes over and over.
Focus on the kind of relationship you do want! Surround yourself with people who manifest those characteristics. Avoid and eliminate negativity at all cost.
Become a producer of that which is positive.
Look for the good in every situation and praise it. talk about it & be about it. Be about only good things.Create and manifest around you joy and peace and happiness. Let the presence of God be your model. Gods' kingdom consists of 3 things, righteousness, peace and joy in Gods words. When you become a positive producer, you will begin to attract what you produced ---- positives!”
“Value and Power of Time, Prayers and Purpose driven consistency are the strong foundation elements of one’s life.”
“Value cannot always be measured by how loud one speaks or the prominence of their stage.”
Source: Who Told You That?: Validating the Voices and Qualifying Your Choices
“Value change can change our pathetic capitulation to consumerism, which will help us psychologically as well as environmentally.”