Conradiana Quotes & Sayings

On sober reflection, I find few reasons for publishing my Italian version of an obscure, neo-Gothic French version of a seventeenth century Latin edition of a work written in Latin by a German Monk toward the end of the fourteenth century ... First of all, what style should I employ? — Umberto Eco

I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life. — Pink Floyd

They say 'Wine is Satan's falcon,' apparently he uses it in hunting men! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Mommies are always okay because the world couldn't get along without them. That's what my daddy said back before he died. He said that mommies were the reason the whole world worked the way it did and that without mommies everybody would be mean and hungry and people would be fighting all the time and nothing good would ever happen to anybody. — Jason Mott

I've always wanted not to give a fuck. While crying helplessly into my pillow for no good reason, I would often fantasize that maybe someday I could be one of those stoic badasses whose emotions are mostly comprised of rock music and not being afraid of things. — Allie Brosh

Fearlessness requires attention and receptivity-it takes focus to stand in the still eye of a tornado and not be swept away by it. — Susan Piver