Hinunter Is Der Quotes & Sayings

I had no children and shall have none. There are moments when this troubles me, when I reflect that with me a line will end which has lasted since the beginning of humanity. — Henri Barbusse

We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth hearing, but not all stories are worth telling. — Jeanette Winterson

Edmund jumped and somersaulted in midair, vaulting neatly onto the roof of the carriage. As he did so, he drew weapons from the concealing folds of his garments: the two whips he had spoken of before, arcs of sizzling light against the night sky. He wielded them with cutting precision, their light waking golden fire in his tousled hair and casting a glow on his carved features, and by that light Magnus saw his face changed from a laughing boy's to the stern countenance of an an angel. — Cassandra Clare

If we go on as we are, we will destroy in the next century everything that the poets have been singing about for the past two thousand years. — Fred Bodsworth

Nature never quite goes along with us. She is somber at weddings, sunny at funerals, and she frowns on ninety-nine out of a hundred picnics. — Alexander Smith

Like most Americans of my age, I was very impressed by the dynamic capacities of the law, demonstrated by the Civil Rights Movement and then Watergate, animated by Sam Ervin's mantra that no person is above the law. — Scott Turow

To the best of my knowledge, there has never been a monetary union, putting out a fiat currency, composed of independent states. — Milton Friedman

Thank God Roxane Coss had not fallen in love with one of the Russians. She doubted they could make it up the stairs without stopping for a cigarette and telling at least one loud story that no one could understand. — Ann Patchett

Oh, and Knievel stared you down, and you gave in so quick." Jed laughed lowly, rubbing his hand over Redford's stomach. "You're now my cat's bitch. — Robin Saxon

Now come the whispers bearing bouquets of moonbeams and sunlight tremblings. — Aberjhani

People always hate those they rely on. I should know. As Mark spoke, I held his hand fast, leaned against him, smiled for the cameras in the circle of his protection, and I could not imagine hating anyone more. — Sarah Rees Brennan

Champions are everywhere, you just have to train them properly — Arthur Lydiard

The prayers you perform, the duties you do, the charity and love you give is equal to just one drop. But if you use that one drop, continue to do your duty, and keep digging within, then the spring of Allah's grace and His qualities will flow in abundance. — Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

The careless arrows of misfortune were tangents glancing off the pure circle of her dreams. — Sonja Yoerg