Freundinnen Wochenende Quotes & Sayings

Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time. — Meryl Streep

Don't you know that a midnight hour comes when everyone has to take off his mask? Do you think life always lets itself be trifled with? Do you think you can sneak off a little before midnight to escape this? — Soren Kierkegaard

And we don't often get any wading birds in the River Ankh, mainly because the pollution would eat their legs away and anyway, it's easier for them to walk on the surface. — Terry Pratchett

What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval there will be further cruelty. — Jung Chang

One of the most beautiful gifts in the world is the gift of encouragement. When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own. — John O'Donohue

So, to all you introverts out there, do not feel embarrassed or boring for being a person who prefers things that are hygge. — Meik Wiking

I'm 36, and sometimes I'm working so hard I don't realize how much I've gotten done. — James Pearse Connelly

When I sit down to write, I know everything I need to know ... I start writing, and within 30 seconds or 60 seconds, I'm watching a movie. I'm not making this stuff up; the characters are acting it out,and I'm just writing it down. — M.J. Rose

Luria's Mind of a Mnemonist. — Oliver Sacks

Nothing happens in August - except when something really happens in August. World War I began in August, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait began in August, al Qaida was preparing to bring down the World Trade Center in August. August, in other words, is the time when all of us should prepare our backup plans, chart our reversals of course, [and] think through possible paradigm changes. — Anne Applebaum

When you analyze happiness, it turns out that the way you spend your time is extremely important. — Daniel Kahneman

Sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late — G.K. Chesterton

Expectations are made to be exceeded! — Lorii Myers

It is no secret that the Golf Foundation has had its difficulties. — Peter Dawson

Connecting the dots. That's what Mom said stargazing is all about. It's the same up there as it is down here, Jackie. You have to look for the things that connect us all. Find the ways our paths cross, our lives intersect, and our hearts collide. — Clare Vanderpool