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1 " Men are mere mortals but their quest for knowledge leads them to the brink of immortality.”Excerpt from novel You Can't Escape Love by Grace Willows "
― Grace Willows
2 " Men are mere mortals but their quest for knowledge leads them to the brink of immortality. "
3 " Remember that we are not gods who can fashion events to our desires. We are mere mortals who must learn not to contend with life but to yield to it. "
― Bette Bao Lord , Spring Moon: A Novel of China
4 " Unfathomable to mere mortals is the lore of fiends. "
― Nathaniel Hawthorne , Young Goodman Brown
5 " I respect people who have such passion. Emile was saying. " I don't. I have a lot of interests, some I'm passionate about, but not to the exclusion of everything else. I sometimes wonder if that's necessary for geniuses to accomplish what they must, a singularity of purpose. We mere mortals just get in the way. Relationships are messy, distra "
6 " You may not mean to, but you do seem to look down your nose at many of us mere mortals muddling along down here. I feel as though you think everyone should be better than they are. I certainly think you expect me to behave like some sort of perfect princess. But I’m just an ordinary girl who wants to grow up and find out where I belong in the world. "
― Emily Arden , Lover by Moonlight (Deception #1)
7 " There are two types of fear:There is a fear of something that is presently before you, be it a monster under your bed or a knife welding maniac pounding his fist through your door. It’s a fear that you recognize as a fear that is approaching you at the very moment. It may not even be something drastic, it could very well be that the fear before you may be a confrontation with an enemy, a fear of heights or even a fear of tuna (trust me, it exists). Regardless, the fear is in your face and it's not going anywhere.The second type of fear is a type of in which you do not see a reaction right away, or in some cases, ever. You make work on something your entire life and fear the outcome, but the outcome may only catch up with you years down the road. This fear seems to come in more forms than we mere mortals can comprehend. It is a fear of success, a fear of failure; a fear of unbelievable strength and power. It can crush you under its masculine hand and suck the life out of you because although it is not standing before you staring you right in the eye, it is mentally tormenting you to the point of self destruction. "
― Leigh Hershkovich
8 " Destiny is not designed by mere mortals like us. It is crafted by God. "
