Bergli Books Quotes & Sayings

Love, I think, is by necessity constructed of a ladder of lies you climb together. — Kimberly Elkins

The civil power must not be subservient to the advantage of any one individual, or of some few persons; inasmuch as it was established for the common good of all. — Pope Leo XII

At heart I am a warrior. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Vampires often turn on those who trust them. We don't have human values, you know." "A lot of humans turn on those who trust them," I pointed out. I can be practical. "I'm not a total fool. — Charlaine Harris

Character refers to dispositions and habits that determine the way that person normally responds to desires, fears, challenges, opportunities, failures and successes. — Michael Josephson

If someone liked me, I waited until she was off guard, and then I told her I didn't want to be her friend any more. I watched the confusion and upset. The tears. Then I ran off, triumphantly in control, and very fast the triumph and the control leaked away, and then I cried and cried, because I had put myself on the outside again, on the doorstep again, where I didn't want to be. — Jeanette Winterson

That the means of imperialist policy overshadow almost entirely its original ends has tremendous implications. — Paul A. Baran

There is beauty in every incident of life; the true and the false, the wise and the foolish, are all one in the eye that beholds all without passion or prejudice: and the secret appears to lie not in the retirement from the world, but in keeping a part of oneself Vestal, sacred, intact, aloof from that self which makes contact with the external universe. In other words, in a separation of that which is and perceives from that which acts and suffers. And the art of doing this is really the art of being an artist. As a rule, it is a birthright; it may perhaps be attained by prayer and fasting; most surely, it can never be bought. — Aleister Crowley

A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces ... Life can survive in the constant shadow of illness, and even rise to moments of rampant joy, but the shadow remains, and one has to make space for it. — Diane Ackerman

Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee. — George Herbert

I have reached here by selling tea. — Narendra Modi

She [Justice sandra Day O'Connor] rejected the [George] Bush administration's claim that it could indefinitely detain a United States citizen. She upheld the fundamental principle of judicial review over the exercise of government power. — Patrick Leahy

I had Cooper in December and was back on the red carpet in January. I picked him up and took him to work with me, you know, took him to my dressing room. So he's been raised the same way I was, which is that work is such a big part of our lives. — Melissa Rivers

The best ideas are like great wines. They improve with age. But they can also go through a dumb period when they need time to settle and sink in. — Marshall Goldsmith

I loved playing the stuff we did in the Byrds. It was a good band. I was lucky to be in it. — Chris Hillman