“I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.”
―
Nancy Farmer,
The House of the Scorpion
“I love you," Matt said.I love you, too," Maria replied. "I know that's a sin, and I'll probably go to hell for it."If I have a soul, I'll go with you," promised Matt.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“People’s souls are like gardens. You can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunshine.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he made a choice, like a tree does when it decides to grow one way or the other. He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Slow people are just paying close attention.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Always choose your bodyguard from another country, they find it harder to make alliance and betray you.” ― Nancy Farmer
“Patience and love can do anything.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.” ― Nancy Farmer, The Sea of Trolls
“No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. That's because there isn't any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy lie.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.” ― Nancy Farmer, The Sea of Trolls
“The high point of your life was when you knocked me down” ― Nancy Farmer, A Girl Named Disaster
“I don't mind," he whispered. "If I had a soul, I'd probably wind up in hell anyway.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose it does. What other pleasure can a creature have whose life consists of making everyone else miserable?” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Most of all, it was the wild music that impressed Matt. It did the same thing that playing the piano had done when he was frightened and lonely. It took him into another world where only beauty existed and where he was sage from hatred and disappointment and death.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“I am she who lifts the mountainsWhen she goes to hunt,Who wears mamba for a headbandAnd a lion for a belt.Beware!I swallow elephants wholeAnd pick my teeth with rhinoceros horns,I drink up rivers to get at the hippos.Let them hear my words!Nhamo is comingAnd her hunger is great.I am she who tosses treesInstead of spears.The ostrich is my pillowAnd the elephant is my footstool!I am NhamoWho makes the river my highwayAnd sends crocodiles scurrying into the reeds!” ― Nancy Farmer, A Girl Named Disaster
“I love you," Matt said.I love you, too," Maria replied. "I know that's a sin, and I'll probably go to hell for it."If I have a soul, I'll go with you," promised Matt.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“People’s souls are like gardens. You can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunshine.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he made a choice, like a tree does when it decides to grow one way or the other. He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Slow people are just paying close attention.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Always choose your bodyguard from another country, they find it harder to make alliance and betray you.” ― Nancy Farmer
“Patience and love can do anything.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.” ― Nancy Farmer, The Sea of Trolls
“No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. That's because there isn't any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy lie.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.” ― Nancy Farmer, The Sea of Trolls
“The high point of your life was when you knocked me down” ― Nancy Farmer, A Girl Named Disaster
“I don't mind," he whispered. "If I had a soul, I'd probably wind up in hell anyway.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose it does. What other pleasure can a creature have whose life consists of making everyone else miserable?” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“Most of all, it was the wild music that impressed Matt. It did the same thing that playing the piano had done when he was frightened and lonely. It took him into another world where only beauty existed and where he was sage from hatred and disappointment and death.” ― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion
“I am she who lifts the mountainsWhen she goes to hunt,Who wears mamba for a headbandAnd a lion for a belt.Beware!I swallow elephants wholeAnd pick my teeth with rhinoceros horns,I drink up rivers to get at the hippos.Let them hear my words!Nhamo is comingAnd her hunger is great.I am she who tosses treesInstead of spears.The ostrich is my pillowAnd the elephant is my footstool!I am NhamoWho makes the river my highwayAnd sends crocodiles scurrying into the reeds!” ― Nancy Farmer, A Girl Named Disaster
