Johann Burckhardt Quotes & Sayings

Well this story is about books.
About books?
About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out of the pages of a novel so that he could burn it, about a betrayal and a lost friendship. It's a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind (p.178) — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Unlike private enterprise which quickly modifies its actions to meet emergencies - unlike the shopkeeper who promptly finds the wherewith to satisfy a sudden demand - unlike the railway company which doubles its trains to carry a special influx of passengers; the law-made instrumentality lumbers on under all varieties of circumstances at its habitual rate. By its very nature it is fitted only for average requirements, and inevitably fails under unusual requirements. — Herbert Spencer

You cannot choose what you don't believe in. — Sherianna Boyle

It is not my prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws. — Bertrand Russell

Race you to the road?" I said.
"You are so going to lose." She (Annabeth) took off down Half-Blood Hill and I sprinted after her.
For once, I didn't look back. — Rick Riordan

Trifles show character — Louisa May Alcott

What is the real question is not whether to be, but how to be? — Gayle Forman

Truth is the same yesterday, today, and forevermore. Truth has no need to adapt to the changing times, for it is timeless. Time must adapt to it. What is Truth today, was so long ago and will remain so long from now. Truth does not change, only living beings' understanding of Truth changes. Living beings speak and live according to their own understanding. Yet our understanding is subject to the time in which we live. This is how we may recognize Truth, it is true no matter when it is spoken and no matter who speaks it. — C W Newman

Sometimes, people are like that. So pretty on the outside ... horrible cake on the inside. — Gwen Hayes

Silence is the fruit of occupation. — Anthony Doerr

When the Reich could no longer pay its obligations, Germany would go bankrupt. — Edwin Black

At the enchanted metropolitan twilight I felt a haunting loneliness — F Scott Fitzgerald

Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do. — Desi Arnaz