Books Quote by Alasdair Gray

“Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into…

— José Saramago

I am part-demon, part-human. What else does that make me?" She answered his question with one of her own. "I am part-centaur, part-human. Does…

— Anonymous

CENTAUR, n. One of a race of persons who lived before the division of labor had been carried to such a pitch of differentiation,…

— Ambrose Bierce

While Leo fussed over his helm controls, Hazel and Frank relayed the story of the fish-centaurs and their training camp. 'Incredible,' Jason said. 'These…

— Rick Riordan

“Suddenly he jumped from his boulder as if he'd had a marvellous idea. "But that's not important! I remember what I came down here…

— Rick Riordan

I can grow cameras!" she had shrieked at the Brill brothers during one briefing. "Who's to say that despicable centaur Foaly hasn't succeded in…

— Eoin Colfer

At this slower pace the journey took a couple of days, and I fought off a few minor threats along the way --griffins, carnivorous…

— Piers Anthony

But centaurs never existed; there could never be So to speak a double nature in a single body Or a double body composed of…

— Lucretius

Tyson dropped the two warriors he was about to tie into a knot and jogged after us. He jumped on the centaur's back. 'Dude!'…

— Rick Riordan

“It wasn't a place of worship, they explained, with a note of whinnying condescension, but a community devoted to the most absolute possible expression,…

— Lev Grossman

...it seemed to me I was living in an insane asylum of my own making. I wnt about with all these fantastic figures: centaurs,…

— Anonymous

“Centaurs!” Annabeth yelled. The Party Pony army exploded into our midst in a riot of colors: tie-dyed shirts, rainbow Afro wigs, oversize sunglasses, and…

— Rick Riordan