"Then tell Wind and Fire where to..." - Quote by Charles Dickens
Then tell Wind and Fire where to stop," returned madame; "but don't tell me.
More by Charles Dickens
“Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not.”
“The dew seemed to sparkle more brightly on the green leaves the air to rustle among them with a sweeter music and the sky itself to look more blue and bright. Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercise, even over the appearance of external objects.”
“Ask no questions, and you'll be told no lies.”
More on Defiance
“Twice two makes four seems to me simply a piece of insolence. Twice two makes four is a pert coxcomb who stands with arms akimbo barring your path and spitting. I admit that twice two makes four is an excellent thing, but if we are to give everything its due, twice two makes five is sometimes a very charming thing too.”
“Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn the power of man.”
“Then love-devouring Death do what he dare.”
More on Control
“It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.”
“Man's conquest of Nature, if the dreams of some scientific planners are realized, means the rule of a few hundreds of men over billions upon billions of men. There neither is nor can be any simple increase of power on Man's side. Each new power won by man is a power over man as well.”
“We are in control of the one asset that we all give the most f#%ks about, and that is time.”