Matratzenstich Quotes & Sayings

The sexual energies returned, when they're not evolved, are still linked with violence and the fear of power - the fear of women. — Frederick Lenz

Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far. — Gwen Stefani

Mhisery realized at that moment, her father was so far gone into alcoholism the bottle had become his lover - and Avery Bellemy was nothing if not faithful to his partner. He cherished the bottle above his family, above his business, above his good name, and well above his own health. Her father was now pouring all the love he had felt for their mother into a bottle — Shyloh Morgan

By small and simple sentences, great books come to pass. — Richelle E. Goodrich

What is the source of power of musicians who are financially browbeaten, most of whom work for minimum wage or less? Musicians who cannot even afford to buy tickets to operas or concerts in which they themselves perform? — Itay Talgam

Let's build a house of human pieces, arms and hair, not telling any one. — Robert Creeley

His solid flesh had never been away,
For each dawn found him in his usual place,
But every night his spirit loved to race
Through gulfs and worlds remote from common day.
He had seen Yaddith, yet retained his mind,
And come back safely from the Ghooric zone,
When one still night across curved space was thrown
That beckoning piping from the voids behind.
He waked that morning as an older man,
And nothing since has looked the same to him.
Objects around float nebulous and dim
False, phantom trifles of some vaster plan.
His folk and friends are now an alien throng
To which he struggles vainly to belong. — H.P. Lovecraft

When the Scripture speaks, God speaks — Martin Luther

Until your physical togetherness increases, your development in the inner worlds will not increase. — Frederick Lenz

Will Smith is a funny person, a very likable person, but at the same time he can be serious and really handle his business. I'll stay away from talking about his rapping abilities, though. — Colin Kaepernick

Hohohoho, Mister Finn, you're going to be Mister Finnagain! Comeday morm and, O, you're vine! Sendday's eve and, ah you're vinegar! Hahahaha, Mister Funn, you're going to be fined again! — James Joyce

As far as being territorial about one's own life, that's a mistake for ANY writer. All writers everywhere, in every genre, are drawing from their life and the lives of those around them for "material." Memoirs just make transparent and even amplify that activity. — Lidia Yuknavitch

The most significant factor in an individual's ability to remain in good health may be a sense of control over the events of life, one psychologist has remarked. — Alfie Kohn

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world. — Woodrow Wilson