Lebenswert Formula Quotes & Sayings

His brain was simmering and bubbling within the cracking tenement of the skull.Flames burst forth from his skull like a corolla,shrieking like voices: -Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! Hell! — James Joyce

What is more arrogant than to assume that of all the paths through the woods yours is the only true one. — Marty Rubin

In the throws of depression, one reaches a strange point at which it is impossible to see the line between ones own theatricality and the reality of madness. I discovered two conflicting qualities of character. I am melodramatic by nature; on the other hand, I can go out and "seem normal" under the most abnormal of circumstances. Antonin Artaud wrote on one of his drawings, "never real and always true", and that is how depression feels. You know that it is not real, that you are someone else, and yet you know that it is absolutely true. Its very confusing. — Andrew Solomon

Alexander assured her, 'Eva, none of us know our children. Because they are not us. — Sue Townsend

Your life is not so complicated. God has already written the script, casted the key players. It is when we try to re-write the plot that we encounter unnecessary drama. Accept the role God has chosen you to play. Faith in his direction will assure an Oscar worthy performance! — Carlos Wallace

By the nature of cinema and how it literalizes what we envision, movies can have difficulty replicating that connection we make with a classic book. — Steve Erickson

Someday, I'm going to meet some supernatural creature who tells me everything I should know up front and in a forthright manner - but I'm not going to hold my breath. — Patricia Briggs

Nor aught so good but strained from that fair use,
Revolts from true birth stumbling on abuse. — William Shakespeare

Sorry, honey, but I haven't worn a nightgown in years. — Gregory Peck

couldn't I have picked a more reasonable time to do it? Then again, when do I get a reasonable time to do anything anymore? There's always something going wrong. If I put my life on hold until everything was calm, I'd be waiting forever for the chance to start living. Tybalt — Seanan McGuire

Starting reforms in the Soviet Union was only possible from above, only from above. Any attempt to go from below was suppressed, suppressed in a most resolute way. — Mikhail Gorbachev

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning. — Denis Waitley

I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much. — Penelope Cruz