Helmut Qualtinger Quotes & Sayings

The complete stillness of my energy is something I have never felt before. I am full of light. I am confused. A strange mix of guilt and wonder swims inside me.
The thought of ruling Kenettra with Enzo at my side - Enzo, who had saved me from certain death, who brought my powers out with a mere touch of his hand on my back, whose own fire awakened my ambitions - thrills me. So why am I here, this close to a boy who is not my prince? Why am I reacting in this way to his touch? — Marie Lu

Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation. To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth. — William S. Burroughs

If people don't read, that's their choice; a lifelong book habit may itself be some sort of affliction. — Penelope Lively

I'm too busy. I have no time for worry. — Winston Churchill

He is the greatest player in the world right now, without a doubt, he is the player who gives Brazilians the most joy.
(on Ronaldinho) — Pele

The mist had grown heavier, like a drizzle that did not fall so much as lie upon the very air itself. — Mark Gelineau

A thing is stable until it's not. — Michael Selden

It testified, I suppose, to the genderless ferocity of her mind." "Why — David Quammen