Der Himmel Uber Berlin Quotes & Sayings

I grew up being very shy, very much a bookworm, and I remember desperately wondering how to be accepted by the popular kids. — Lisa Kleypas

She couldn't have him, and there was no mistaking it. She could never be his wife. She could not steal herself back from Randa only to give herself away again- belong to another person, be answerable to another person, build her very being around another person. No matter how she loved him. — Kristin Cashore

All things are known, Tallis, but most things are forgotten. — Robert Holdstock

Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood. — William Shakespeare

There was a glass-fronted cabinet opposite, filled with plates on display stands and teacups with so many curlicues it was a wonder you could drink from them without cutting your lips. — Patrick Ness

Currently spirituality is at an ebb in the more advanced technological societies. This in part because memes that validate spiritual order tend to lose their credibility with time, and need to be recast in new forms again and again. At present we are living in an era when many of the basic tenents of Christianity, which has supported Western spiritual values for almost two thousand yearsm have come into conflict with the conclusions of science and philosophy. While religions have lost much of their power, science and technology have not been able to generate convincing value systems to replace them. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can. — Mark Twain

courage is the gift of character — Euripides

I began to understand what bound Pearl to their simple mystery because i felt the same connection. in front of us, all around us, was the energy of life and growth. beauty was only a month away and it depended, in part, in what i could do. — Belinda Jeffrey

In the end, she realized that anytime you weren't fucking for fun, regardless of what you told yourself, honey, it was hooking. — R. Lee Smith

Frenchwomen could not dress like Englishwomen without conviction of sin. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

People are smarter than you might think. — John Astin