Kate Quinn quotes

Have you ever been - well, I mean, have you ever - really wanted someone? Wanted them like water in the desert - even when you knew all their faults, every single one - and it didn't matter ?
-- Kate Quinn

#Love #Mean #Water

But I'd far rather live without souls or morals than Parmesan.
-- Kate Quinn

#Soul #Moral

I read "Women Heroes of World War I" and was absolutely astonished. When we imagine women serving in the First World War, mostly we think of Red Cross nurses, but here I was reading about women serving as front-line soldiers, women serving as war journalists . . . and women who worked undercover as spies.
-- Kate Quinn

#War #Reading #Hero

Some people care too much. I think it's called love.

Look not in my eyes, for fear They mirror true the sight I see, And there you find your face too clear And love it and be lost like me.

It was like she'd become the sun, and I started revolving around her. She was my center.

I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.

There are a billion people in China. It's not easy to be an individual in a crowd of more than a billion people. Think of it. More than a billion people. That means even if you're a one-in-a-million type of guy, there are still a thousand guys exactly like you.

The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.

In the 18th century, James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny, and Richard Arkwright pioneered the water-propelled spinning frame which led to the mass production of cotton. This was truly revolutionary. The cotton manufacturers created a whole new class of people - the urban proletariat. The structure of society itself would never be the same.

Religion, like water, may be free, but when they pipe it to you, you've got to help pay for the piping. And the piper.

When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.

As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.