W. D. Hamilton Quotes

Who talks most about freedom and equality? Is it not those who hold the bill of rights in one hand and a whip for affrighted slaves in the other?

May not subterraneous fire be considered as the great plough (if I may be allowed the expression) which Nature makes use of to turn up the bowels of the earth?

Alien Affairs. Bad name I always thought, makes it sound like they're shagging them rather than investigating them.

A man without fear cannot be a slave.

Perfect, complete, needing nothing, simply all there was, was the dark.

We hold there is no worse enemy to a state than he who keeps the law in his own hands.

Besides Zeus on his throne, Justice has her seat.

Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.

You look wonderful", Jason said."No compliments, Jason. I'm uncomfortable enough in the lingerie.""Then by all means take it off.

That's what underwear is for, girls, so if an emergency happens you only show your cookies to the people you love.

I knew that I did not want to go to that juvenile diversion program because I had an intuitive sense that it would turn me irrevocably into the kind of character that I was now only rehearsing to be.

FROM a six-year-old: Told by a well-meaning friend, ‘Alex, do you know what the one thing is that the more you give, the more you get back? It’s love, Alex.’To which Alex asked, ‘What about pain?

People buy things they don't need, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like.

Liberty depends on self-restraint. Freedom is freedom only when controlled and limited.

Tragedy cannot take place around a type. Suffering is the most individualizing thing on earth.

What do you want?’'I want to play, ’ he said.I stared at him. 'Just like that. You don’t know what I’m involved in, but you want a piece of it.’'Following you around lets me kill a lot of people.

Think of it as an eight-dimensional onion.’ Justine straightened her back and gave her father an exasperated look. ‘Thanks, Dad. That’s helpful. I always think in those terms, it really helps a lot.

I didn't know how to tell him that I hadn't lost the instinct to survive and yet at the same time I didn't feel much need for self-preservation, that somehow there was a distinction between the two.

[sic] his reaction was a sign of civilization. Nobody reaches for a gun anymore, just for his lawyer.

You know, without a doubt, that surrender is the only option to fulfill whatever you are attempting.

Were people to mingle only with those of like mind, every man would be an insulate being." Thomas Jefferson

It may be a crush, or hero worship (...), it may not be love, but if you've never felt anything stronger, how do you tell the difference?

As often is the case with addictions, the fanciful notion of a gradual discontinuance only provided a comforting pretext for more sustained indulgence.

Easy does it, boys. I just need help standing, not flying.

I was simultaneously elated and depressed, a common enough state of mind these days when people are offered a great deal of money to do something repugnant.

Sometimes I couldn't figure it out, what all the living was for.

A magical universe was so terrifying because it was so irrational. There was no cause and effect anywhere.

I also wish I'd been born with a clearly defined talent for something, or else stupid.

If you hear a different drummer, don’t march—dance!

Pointing out the possible, and expensive, entanglements that could come with widespread commercial enterprise, the author calculates the Great Britain was at war half the time between 1689 and 1783.

If our country is worth dying for in time of war let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace.

If you didn't understand the need for friendship or love, could you be lonely?

When you seek, you lead in discovery.

I barged through the palace, dripping a trail of blood behind me as I held the dead bird by the neck.

[I] like to be anchored by routine, not shackled by it.

Alone on the terrace looking up at the stars I would not feel lonely. With him glued to the screen, I feel gutted...

If you don't feel loved maybe the outward trappings like weddings and wedding rings become important? (Page 567)

I'm a mess right now I can't eat can't sleepBills are piling high ain't worked in three weeksAin't bathed can't shave cause my heart is so tender like living in a blenderI'm shaken and I'm stirred

You just wanted to walk in front of me so I'd have to stare at your butt

Emma, Emma, Emma, " I said, wishing I could somehow teach her to take the smaller blows of life in her stride.

She could never be part of so much of his turbulent history, his youthful adventure, where life had been deeply felt.

The Law saith, Where is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction? The Gospel saith, Christ is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction.

There’s never enough time for all the naps you want.

The stories she'd read of others' lives over these last few months had left her with a greater appreciation for the thread of her own life.

Don't be afraid to let yourself get bored because some of the most amazing things are created through boredom.

The house does not frame the view: it projects the beholder into it.

Power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

A national debt if it is not excessive will be to us a national blessing.

There is nothing certain about war except that one side won't win.