“This woman was eighteen years old. With eyes as old as stones.”
― Herbjørg Wassmo, quote from Dina's Book
“Humor is the most faithful supporting actor in a tragedy. So”
― Herbjørg Wassmo, quote from Dina's Book
“Aplinkiniais keliais vaikšto tie, kurie slapstosi. Tu neturi ko slėpti. Įsikalk tai į galvą. Tu turi teisę ateiti ir išeiti, kada man patinka”
― Herbjørg Wassmo, quote from Dina's Book
“Vazduh izmedju njih je bio fosforescentan.”
― Herbjørg Wassmo, quote from Dina's Book
“Kada dodje, imaće lice tudjina da bi se sakrio od mene.”
― Herbjørg Wassmo, quote from Dina's Book
“Even the seemingly immortal gods survive only as long as they are required by mortal men.”
― Frank Herbert, quote from The Jesus Incident
“If you surround yourself with people that fill in your inadequacies then together you fulfill the world.”
― quote from Return to Stantasyland
“Nay, you attract mayhem, chaos, and anarchy wherever your delicate feet tread. Around you there is no such thing as a coincidence."
"Why do you think it is always me, Director?" Eliza protested. "It could be Books. My father always told me to beware the quiet ones!”
― quote from The Janus Affair
“Hiçbir şey, her şeyi unutabilmenin verdiği huzurdan değerli olamaz.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life
“Most girls take one look at you and swoon. You've never had to really work for someone's affection or put effort into maintaining it. In many ways, your natural gifts have done you a disservice-- they've stunted your sensitivity and charm! You've never had to develop insight into what will make a girl laugh and come to love you for reasons that aren't handsome or heroic. That's why smees are experts on the subtle arts of courtship and seduction; nothing comes easy to us, but we do understand and live by the Lover's Maxim."
"And what on earth is the Lover's Maxim?" asked Maz, feeling very uninformed.
The smee cleared his throat. "If you can't be handsome, be rich. If you can't be rich, be strong. If you cant be strong, be witty."
"But what if you can't be witty?" Max wondered.
"Learn the guitar.”
― Henry H. Neff, quote from The Maelstrom
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