Krishna Valdez > Krishna's Quotes

“The trial awaiting Helen was known among the Toltecs as a Kazil,
a special court convened to consider only those state crimes serious
enough to be punished by death. It consisted of a joint session of
the Kinshazen and the highest-ranking priests of the Temple of Kronos,
who were referred to as the Host of the Faithful.
A Kazil was always conducted at Kindred House, the building where
the members of the Kinshazen met. Its outer layer consisted of massive
blocks of polished pink granite, which had a decidedly dark cast to it.
Kindred House was closest to Lake Shambhala of all the structures in
the Nighthall government complex.
Those summoned before a Kazil and convicted of the charges were invariably put to death within three days of the proceeding. And in only a few, very rare, instances had anyone been found innocent on trial before a Kazil.”
― Candace L. Talmadge, Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal

“I rise and fall
the ancient way,
from root to leaf
and back to earth;
the road I tread
these autumn years,
without desire
or fear of death.”
― Don Hynes, Stranger to the Beautiful: A Journey of Faith, Hope, and Transformation

“She remembered what her old priest had said: a half-truth masquerading as a whole truth was nothing but an untruth. But half-truths were horseplay in Miranda, where big lies came quick and easy. And they were about to come a lot easier.”
― Chad Boudreaux, Homecoming Queen: A Small-Town Political Thriller

“The winner is the person who has access to the most complete and diverse information set.”
― Chitra D. Nawbatt, The CodeBreaker Mindset: The Unwritten Rules for Success

“Good soil is structure, carbon, air, moisture, and life held together.”
― Charles Dowding, Grow Together: 50 Planting Partnerships to Boost Your Harvests

“The blazing trail of innovation and progress, which often erupted with blazing explosions, had forged a strong nation, hardening it like steel to become the towering pillar of liberty and ultimate beacon of hope for all mankind.”
― Rich DiSilvio, A Blazing Gilded Age

“Night had fallen, and Diane admired the deep sky behind Steve's calm countenance. They looked into each other's eyes again and felt the spark and excitement of discovery. As if to celebrate the perfect, life-enabling distance of the earth from the sun, Diane and Steve kissed again."
"-The Grand Unified Story (a Short Story) from Stories and Scripts: an Anthology”
― Zack Love, Stories and Scripts: an Anthology

“We need writers who fear nothing. ("Our Goal")”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin

“Don't keep looking back all the time, you're bound to get depressed. And all right, you can't do your job as well as you used to. But it's the same for all of us, see? We've all got to put our feet up at some point... you've got to keep looking forward.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

“Never presume yours is a better morality.”
― Graham Greene

“Sometimes tyrants do away with the necessity of satire by imposing absurdity themselves.”
― Thomas Keneally

“You are not my mother. You are a scary Snort!”
― P.D. Eastman & Roy McKee, Are You My Mother?