“I looked on astounded as from his ordinary life he made his art. We were both ordinary men, he and I. Yet from the ordinary he created Legends--and I from Legends created only the ordinary!”
― Peter Shaffer, quote from Amadeus
“Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art.”
― Peter Shaffer, quote from Amadeus
“What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?”
― Peter Shaffer, quote from Amadeus
“God was singing through this little man to all the world.”
― Peter Shaffer, quote from Amadeus
“Tell me, before you call us servants, who served whom? And who, I wonder, in your generations, will immortalize you?”
― Peter Shaffer, quote from Amadeus
“Oh, you monster!No one exists but you, do they? You and your music!”
― Peter Shaffer, quote from Amadeus
“Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.
Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty?”
― Peter Shaffer, quote from Amadeus
Peter Shaffer
Born place: in Liverpool, England, The United Kingdom
Born date May 15, 1926
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“Billions of things are going on in this world. You can think about it all you want, but life is still going to keep on happening.”
― Michael A. Singer, quote from The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
“Stars are tragic. Most of the stars are nothing but reminders of love gone horribly wrong, or men challenging the gods.”
― Kaitlin Bevis, quote from Persephone
“My Sabine,
I just left your room. You were so beautiful lying there sound asleep that I couldn’t bear to wake you. But I’m not feeling so great and there are things I promised to tell you that I fear I may not get the chance to.
I know you had once hoped that I would be the one to pass on your letters to Maddie once you were gone. But, as it turns out, I think it is going to be me who ends up leaving the letters behind.
Be mad at me. You should. But after that try to understand that I did what I thought was best. I wanted to tell you. So many times I snuck down to your room planning on telling you everything, but I just couldn’t.
Partly it was for you – yes. You needed time and I didn’t want to influence your choices, even once I realised what was happening between us, even more so then. Falling in love with you only made those choices more complicated and I feared that you might choose to stay for me and then, after I was gone, change your mind. I couldn’t let that happen.
Partly the choice was selfish, and for that I am sorry. For so long now people have been trying to fix me, but where they failed, you succeeded. You’ve given me more life in the last couple of weeks that I’ve had in years. Being with you, loving you, making memories with you, fearing for you, wanting to show you the beauty of life instead of the terror – it was bittersweet, but more importantly Sabine, it was real.
I know this is the part when I beg you to go on, live your life and be happy. But I don’t need to say those things. I know you. Your lives will be extraordinary. You certainly made mine feel that way.
Please find it in your heart to forgive me one day. I wish we had more time, but I want to thank you – for giving me life in my time of death.
My love for you is eternal.
Ethan.”
― Jessica Shirvington, quote from Between the Lives
“His eyes blazed at me, but it was the best kind of heat. He smiled, and for the first time in my life I believed that, for him, I could be more than I’d ever dreamed.”
― Garrett Leigh, quote from Slide
“I am the predator in any situation. I am not worried.”
― Kiersten White, quote from Mind Games
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