Kannst Du Quotes & Sayings

Among all these stupid pretty women she had such a sense of power, of knowing almost everything better than they did. — Edith Wharton

The existence of any library, even mine, allows readers a sense of what their craft is truly about, a craft that struggles against the stringencies of time by bringing fragments of the past into their present. It grants them a glimpse, however secret or distant, into the minds of other human beings, and allows them a certain knowledge of their own condition through the stories stored here for their perusal. Above all, it tells readers that their craft consist of the power to remember, actively, through the prompt of the page, selected moments of the human experience. This was the great practice established by the Library of Alexandria. — Alberto Manguel

Was the isolated skeleton? — Kathy Reichs

Kindle in thy heart the flame of love. — Rumi

I think it's easy
to confuse love with other things.
Lust, for one. Need, for another — Ellen Hopkins

And from that time on the boys were no longer called Elder and Younger, but they were given school names by the old teacher, and this old man, after inquiring into the occupation of their father, erected two names for the sons; for the elder, Nung En, and for the second Nung Wen, and the first word of each name signified one whose wealth is from the earth. — Pearl S. Buck

Once you've visited the underworld, you never forget the way back. — Jeffrey Eugenides

What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters. — Carol Burnett

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.' — Mike Tyson

There is an island fantasy A "Someday I'll," we'll never see When recession stops, inflation ceases Our mortgage is paid, our pay increases That Someday I'll where problems end Where every piece of mail is from a friend Where the children are sweet and already grown ... Most unhappy people ... put happiness on "law away" And struggle through a blue today ... Life's most important revelation Is that the journey means more than the destination ... — Denis Waitley

I don't hate them any more like I used to. I just don't like them very much. — Norma McCorvey

Any man who isn't married by thirty-five is either gay or he's got skeletons in his closet. — Lisa Renee Jones

The Internet is fast becoming a cesspool where false information thrives. — Eric Schmidt

Never mind manoeuvres, always go at them. — Patrick O'Brian

Dork," I chastised affectionately. But his cheesy exclamation was something I was okay with. I smiled up at him. His hazels danced with mischief. "Okay," I agreed.

The mischief turned to triumph.

Damn those magic eyes! — Sarah Brocious