Erhaltungsaufwand Quotes & Sayings

Read as little as possible of literary criticism - such things are either partisan opinions, which have become petrified and meaningless, hardened and empty of life, or else they are just clever word-games, in which one view wins today, and tomorrow the opposite view. — Rainer Maria Rilke

La luna hung beautifully bright over the horizon, in a sky still dark. Cold breezes blew over the river and ruffled the tall grasses along the bank, making them rustle and chatter. In their waving fronds I sensed small animals stirring. The pure song of a nightingale, a rossinhol, rang across the water, ending in a trill. It was an hour for sprites and fairies. What magic might lurk among the riverbank grasses? Anything was possible just before dawn. — Julie Berry

There are people you wont miss, but wont forget either. Those people are unique — Ishak Zaaimia

Growth takes place in a person by working at a deep inner level in a sustained atmosphere of silence. — Ira Progoff

More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution. — James Thomson

She wanted to buckle, lie on her side and gasp like an eviscerated fish. She held her breath against it, but her mouth parted. She cared naught for living in the moment, but apparently her body was sensible. It wanted to breathe. — Julie Anne Long

It's only a matter of discovering the lever. If you learn how to rule one single man's soul, you can get the rest of mankind. It's the soul, Peter, the soul. Not whips or swords or fire or guns. That's why the Caesars, the Attilas, the Napoleons were fools and did not last. We will. The soul, Peter, is that which can't be ruled. It must be broken. Drive a wedge in, get your fingers on it
and the man is yours. You won't need a whip
he'll bring it to you and ask to be whipped. Set him in reverse
and his own mechanism will do your work for you. Use him against himself. — Ayn Rand

Women are incredible in groups together. Terrifying. Men have nothing on them. — Michael Hutchence

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do. — Cathy Freeman

It was a very excellent day over there at HBO/Cinemax when they bought 'Powers' . I felt like I graduated television college, because they make amazing television. The person who said yes to Veep said yes to us, which made me feel very good about myself for five seconds. Which my self-loathing doesn't usually allow me to feel. Even I could not say that that wasn't a fun day. — Brian Michael Bendis

There are many ways to say I love you in this cold, dark, silent universe, as many as the twinkling stars. — Ken Liu

No matter what we think we should do, I don't think you can coerce yourself into loving your neighbor - or your boss - when you can't stand him. But if you try to understand your feelings of dislike with mindfulness and compassion, being sure not to forget self-compassion, you create the possibility for change. — Sharon Salzberg

I like a man who can build things. Whittle me something out of wood and I'm sold. — Rachel Bilson

There are human beings who will be helped in understanding our times through the diaries of Edward Robb Ellis. — Pete Hamill