“A story isn't a good one unless it has a good listener”
― Antonia Michaelis, quote from Tiger Moon
“The Rajah's handsome eunuch never guessed that she was telling him the tale of her own life.”
― Antonia Michaelis, quote from Tiger Moon
“Get in," he told Nitish.
"What, me?"
"No," said Farhad, "one of the other twenty-six white tigers waiting to cross the river.”
― Antonia Michaelis, quote from Tiger Moon
“You don't understand at all. It doesn't matter what's true and what's a fairy tale. That's not what matters. The dividing lines aren't as straight and simple as you think. - Raka”
― Antonia Michaelis, quote from Tiger Moon
“The salty fluid of life... the crystal-clear blood of the earth... That's what it is, Farhad. Tears. - Nitish”
― Antonia Michaelis, quote from Tiger Moon
Antonia Michaelis
Born place: Kiel, Germany
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“Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal position, or was I going to woman up? I went into fetal position on the bed to think about this. Fetal position turned out to be very comfortable.”
― Maureen Johnson, quote from The Madness Underneath
“Dear Depression, please keep your distance. Don’t be nasty. Find some other person with more reason than me to look in the mirror and say: “What a pointless existence.” Whether you like it or not, I know how to defeat you. You’re wasting your time.”
― Paulo Coelho, quote from Adultery
“There is a fundamental problem with regulators. If a regulator agrees to change a rule and something bad happens, they could easily lose their career. Whereas if they change a rule and something good happens, they don’t even get a reward. So, it’s very asymmetric. It’s then very easy to understand why regulators resist changing the rules. It’s because there’s a big punishment on one side and no reward on the other. How would any rational person behave in such a scenario?”
― Ashlee Vance, quote from Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
“If a man wanted to put the entire universe in his breast, he couldn't do it with his chest stuck out.”
― Eiji Yoshikawa, quote from Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
“Like he cared about a lot of stupid settlers and Indians and soldiers who hung around out here before he was even born. Hell, before his prehistoric grandparents had been born.
Who gave a shit about Crazy Horse and Sitting Bullshit. He cared about X-Men and the box scores.”
― Nora Roberts, quote from Black Hills
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