Bortolin Hannut Quotes & Sayings

Sir Magnus Donners himself appeared to greet his guests at exactly the same moment. I wondered whether he had been watching at a peephole. It was like the stage entrance of a famous actor, the conscious modesty of which is designed, by its absolute ease and lack of emphasis, both to prevent the performance from being disturbed at some anti-climax of the play by too deafening a round of applause, at the same time to confirm
what everyone in the theater knows already
the complete mastery he possesses of his art. The manner in which Sir Magnus held out his hand also suggested brilliant miming of a distinguished man feeling a little uncomfortable about something. — Anthony Powell

A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer. — John Climacus

I danced a lot when I was younger, and I've always had decent, shapely legs and thought it's now or never. I mean, when you're pushing 40, are you really going to wander around in a dress that's midthigh length? — Kate Winslet

Satan is a relentless tormenter; you have to be a relentless Scripture Confessor until satan flees."
- Tytenisha, Confessions of a Praying Woman — Tytenisha L. Osgood

It may be that I link every library to that first one - to my early childhood experience of drawing on the floor near my father's desk. A library is of course a real place, but it is also an unreal one. What happens there is mostly silent. I think I've always liked the whispering aspect of libraries, the hushing librarians and my feeling of solitude among many. — Siri Hustvedt

A woman writer, quitting love before literature when love lets her down, will put literature before love. — Doris Lessing

The Middle East is a very difficult stage to play upon. Without doubt, it is a good drama. And on occasion, there are situations so unimaginable, if not ludicrous, as to make them almost comic. But the cast is constantly changing, the audience is often disengaged, and it seems at times that no one is actually running the show. — Jason Alexander

The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home. — Lil' Kim

It was sort of good it happened because it broke the ice with everyone. — Dannii Minogue

With most animals, as with man, the alertness of the senses diminishes after years of work, after domestic habits and progress of culture. — Alexander Von Humboldt

What in the name of reason does this nation expect of a people, poorly trained and hard pressed in severe economic competition, without political rights, and with ludicrously inadequate common-school facilities? What can it expect but crime and listlessness, offset here and there by the dogged struggles of the fortunate and more determined who are themselves buoyed by the hope that in due time the country will come to its senses? — W.E.B. Du Bois

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated. — B.C. Forbes

And so he did the hardest thing he'd ever done in his life: he picked up his hat and walked away. — Nicole Krauss