Brugata Quotes & Sayings

Our life is full of empty space. — Umberto Eco

given the loose-fitting clothing of the time, perhaps a great deal of Zacchaeus would have been visible to the crowd below. — James Martin

I think it's always important to be vigilant of what you're doing and aware of your surroundings. — Leona Lewis

The exceptionally profound is always, by definition, basic and mundane. — K.J. Parker

You may discover that the very aspects which make it most unendurable are what gives New York its meaning. Its inconsistencies and anonymity, its seeming indifference to you and every other individual is really what makes it a safe haven for individuals everywhere (Maeve Brennan) — Elizabeth Winder

I have never been a violent man. Just a little creepy, it seems. — Tim Winton

These kissed life on the mouth - and were eaten. — Tirumalai S. Srivatsan

It's so quiet out here, only ocean waves crashing around us. It's these moments when I realise that my time with Kiaran is such a fragile thing. At any moment, my human life could end and he'd still be as unchanging as the sea. — Elizabeth May

Our task as historians is to make past conflicts live again; not to lament the verdict or to wish for a different one. It bewildered me when my old master A. F. Pribram, a very great historian, said in the nineteen-thirties: 'It is still not decided whether the Habsburg monarchy could have found a solution for its national problems.' How can we decide about something that did not happen? Heaven knows, we have difficulty enough in deciding what did happen. Events decided that the Habsburgs had not found a solution for their national problems; that is all we know or need to know. Whenever I read the phrase: 'whether so-and-so acted rightly must be left for historians to decide', I close the book; the writer has moved from history to make-believe. — A.J.P. Taylor