Quotes About Value

And suddenly it wasn't a joke. The further she went, the more serious Lassiter got, and the shakier Wrath's shellan became, as if the words she were speaking were ones of great value and meaning. This was tradition for her, he realized.

Michael Rafferty was a good man. A solid man. He was never going to be Hugh Jackman handsome or Bill Gates rich or King of England powerful. But he was hers and he was Sean's and that was more than enough

It was such a shame, John thought to himself, that it took death to make him appreciate the living so much.

Rarity went hand in hand with reverence.

Funny how losses were as much of a currency as happiness in life. Somehow, they were noticed more, though.

When you were young, you thought time was a burden, something to be discharged as fast as possible so you could be grown-up. But it was such a bait-n-switch--- when you were an adult, you came to realize that minutes and hours were the single most precious thing you had. No one got forever. And it was a fucking crime to waste what you were given.

You looking for some play, daddy? He shifted in the seat and told himself to quit being picky and get it over with. It was just sex, for God's sake. Maybe. What's a ticket on the fifty-yard line going to cost? She lifted up her hand and touched her lips with two fingers. For a full game. Two hundred bucks to get rid of his virginity. Which boiled down to less than a dollar a year. What a steal. Phury was half-dead as he got to his feet. Sounds good.

Don't you get it, Ehlena? No matter what you wear…to me, you will always have diamonds on the soles of your shoes.

Rehv se inclinó hacia abajo, ofreciendo la mano de la daga. - Todo lo que tengo es tuyo. Tres tuvo que parpadear fuerte y, a continuación, pasar la mano por sus ojos. - Tu amistad es todo lo que necesito, mi amigo, pues es malditamente invaluable.

Still, she felt as though she mattered, and not just in some ephemeral emotional sense, but in a nuts-and-bolts, chassis, gas-tank kind of way.

gifts are like beauty, are they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.

You know, you were never the possessive type before." "That's because I never had something I wanted to keep.

This psychology crap? I can guess where you're going with this tantrum, and in the interest of saving time — which seems to be an imperative for you — I would say that what is bullshit to you is a field of disciple that I've got a PhD is and will spend the rest of my life further researching, participating in, and advocating for. So if you're looking to persuade me that there isn't value in what I do, you're pushing water uphill.

A veces las palabras eran menos valiosas que el aire que las transportaba, cuando se trataba de estar cerca.

El tiempo es un lujo, lo creas o no —dijo. —A mí me parece una maldición.

But transience was the way one treasured what one had been given.

Cuando uno está inconsciente, o sedado, o a punto de llamar a las puertas del Ocaso, la perspectiva es diferente. Y la noción del tiempo cambia, como cambian las prioridades, la idea de lo que de verdad importa o no importa.

I don't know where you found this girl, son, but don't let her go.

And to live even a few seconds longer, [...] was infinitely better than to die a moment earlier

Life is holy and every moment is precious.

For life is holy, and every moment is precious.

You tell me why's a man's blood is any better or any more precious than a dog's blood? It sure ain't to the dog.

Man rarely places a proper valuation upon his womankind, at least not until deprived of them.

Let beauty be your end. Why should you mint beauty into gold? Anyway, you can't;