Bergengruen Werner Quotes & Sayings

I was a lonely, frightened little fat kid who felt there was something deeply wrong with me because I didn't feel like I was the gender I'd been assigned. I felt there was something wrong with me, something sick and twisted inside me, something very very bad about me. And everything I read backed that up. — Kate Bornstein

That's the crazy things about lies, you start to believe them yourself. (pg. 342) — Jodi Picoult

What does it mean to feel "in control" of your life? What I mean by control is the ability to make a choice. Personal sovereignty means that you choose from what is available in order to be intentional about your life ... When you feel in control of your life, you know yourself to be the author of your own actions and know that you always have choices. — Polly Young-Eisendrath

I would like to believe that lazy people are people not having a prominent goodness but a deeply ingrained one. — Ashutosh Gupta

Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your Mother,
your Sister but beware of Loving any other Woman than your Wife.And a Wife was a woman who bore your Children.And once that happened to You,your Life was Forfeit to give them their daily bread — Mario Puzo

But all memories, no matter how distant, no matter how distorted, have the shadow of truth underneath. Even the most imperfect memory is a window - — A. Lee Martinez

I am not mine.
You are not yours.
No one can be his own.
I am not yours.
You are not mine.
No one can belong to another. — Werner Bergengruen

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but it's good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement. — Andy Gibb

There are so many misperceptions and stereotypes out there that I would love to see clarified one day. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

People called her wild, but she wasn't. Not really. She just didn't give a shit what they thought. Maybe that was what they found so unforgivable in the end. — Jean Reynolds Page