Quotes About Creatures

My family had a habit of collecting creatures that didn't always want to be pets. The first animal I can remember was a Lab named Zoe.

Are there imbrules here? Stantars? Luthuras – are there luthuras here? Scaly, long grasping tails, eyes like the eyes of purlith bats-' 'No,' Apsalar said. 'None of those creatures.' She frowned. 'Those you have mentioned are of Starvald Demelain.' A momentary silence from the two ghosts, then Curdle snaked along the top of the wall until its eerie face was opposite Apsalar. 'Really? Now, that's a peculiar coincidence-

It's fucking raining dragons.   Quick

We have no intuition for such events at the atomic scale, being the gargantuan creatures composed of trillions upon trillions of atoms that we are.

I thanked all the spirits such creatures as Annec existed, whose opponent sole function was the nurturing of others, and that is gave them such pleasure. All you had to do was be weakly grateful for their ministrations, and they puffed up with maternal urges like a sail full of wind.

The Gardens seemed like a huge, dark forest that stretched into eternity, peopled by creatures who were strangers to the world outside, a timeless place of enchantment. The pathways were dark tunnels at the end of which anything might greet the unwary traveller.

The day he had made his covenant with the cosmos had been the day he had made himself into a channel for higher powers. The dragon daughters were Valraven's creatures. He had to trust they would act only on his behalf.

Pharinet, despite what I know of Val and whatever I might of you, I will always love you both. You are strange creatures, and always have been. That is no doubt part of the attraction.

Fire drakes dwell in the pits," she told him. "Sometimes they demand sacrifice." "What are fire-drakes?" "Elemental creatures, like dragons. They breathe the fire and feast on the minerals found in its wake.

How fortunate to find these creatures here; their acquaintance might provide more experience than he could have hoped for.

Bayard again eyed him speculatively, perhaps thinking that there was a new creature to snare, to use. Bayard always need plenty of creatures to deal with the intrigues at court.

He is a much more civilized face for our beliefs than the wild, free spirit of the raw element." "You mean the fire-drakes?" He studied her. "I feel them," he said, "as you feel the creatures of your own element. There should be fusion, not estrangement between them. That is the way to true power.

Only the patron families in Sacramante were aware of more intimate needs, as predators for obvious reasons. To other humans, any creature needing to feed on their ichor for survival were simply legends; no more real to them than faeries and ghosts.

They were beautiful to behold, but that night, it seemed a dark shadow hung over him. Their movements were more languid, their eyes unfocused. They had the look of creatures hypnotised by a snake.

To this point, I had not realised how deadly Mallory could be, and even believed her hand was not behind these events. I realised I must be wrong. Some of Mallory's creatures were among the delegations to Mewt.

It was like a fairytale. She couldn't imagine these creatures of myth physically present in the land.

Beware the dark pool at the bottom of our hearts. In its icy, black depths dwell strange and twisted creatures it is best not to disturb.

Nobody around here had ever seen a lady beekeeper till her. She liked to tell everybody that women made the best beekeepers, 'cause they have a special ability built into them to love creatures that sting. It comes from years of loving children and husbands.

Nobody around here had ever seen a lady beekeeper till her. She liked to tell everybody that women made the best beekeepers, 'cause they have a special ability built into them to love creatures that sting. It comes from years of loving children and husbands.

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

We need love, and to ensure love, we need to have full employment, and we need social justice. We need gender equity. We need freedom from hunger. These are our most fundamental needs as social creatures.

I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I are analog creatures. We have to take 'oohs and aahs' and convert them to 0s and 1s and then convert them back to 'oohs and aahs.' Narratives that work in social networks are the exchange of stories that are told well.

I've said many times that there only two things to write about: love and death. And when you have children, you remember that the world is full of sharp corners and dangerous things, and suddenly you have these small, soft creatures, which you love in almost painful way.

My solo novel 'Icons' was optioned by Alcon Entertainment, the folks who made the 'Beautiful Creatures' movie, and that's gotten as far as a script, but no news yet.