Gulangyu Quotes & Sayings

Valentine had long ago observed that in a society that expected chastity and fidelity, like Lusitania, the adolescents who controlled and channeled their youthful passions were the ones who grew up to be both strong and civilized. Adolescents in such a community who were either too weak to control themselves or too contemptuous of society's norms to try usually ended up being either sheep or wolves- either mindless members of the herd or predators who took what they could and gave nothing. — Orson Scott Card

Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They're associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure. — Susan Cain

Oh," says Owen, "but I would have, you know."
"I know you would have," says Liz, "and knowing you would have is nearly as good. — Gabrielle Zevin

All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh. — Taron Egerton

What is next to ecstasy?
Pain.
What is next to pain?
Nothingness.
What is next to nothingness?
Hell. — Umera Ahmed

Ali had a break that was an inch and a half long, and you keep getting hit as hard and as much as I hit Ali, the pain would take over and you would pass out. — Ken Norton

What are you, your fucking mother?" ~ Mets *SkyWatcher* World W Z — Max Brooks