Mechelen Bibliotheek Quotes & Sayings

Do not make love to me
because I will kill you only slowly
Petra Hermans — Petra Hermans

Rules serve no purpose; they can only do harm. Not only must the artist's mind be clear, it must also be free. His fancy should not be hindered and weighed down by a mechanical servility to such rules. — Federico Zuccari

The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results; all his selfish desires have been consumed in the fire of knowledge. — Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

Richard occasionally spoke wistfully about the works of art he'd seen at the People's Palace, in D'Hara, where he had been held captive. Growing up in Hartland, he had never before seen statues carved in marble, and certainly none carved on such a grand scale, or by such talented hands. Those works had in some ways opened his eyes to the greater world around him and had made a lasting impression on him. Who else but Richard would remember fondly the beauty he saw while held captive and being tortured? — Terry Goodkind

Everyone wanted answers I wasn't ready to give. — Lucy Christopher

Drop the fear. What you fear most, can be a repeated theme in your life. — Amit Ray

A man once told me, money was the pathway to success; he was the poorest man i know. — Nikki Rowe

My belief, for what it is worth, is that city dwellers cannot understand the world. Insulated from reality by complex and expert systems of provision and police, baffled by fashion and spectacle, city dwellers can distinguish neither the sources of their existence nor the consequences. — James Buchan

In ancient times the ritual, mythological and doctrinal aspects of spiritual space were predominant. — Tom Turner

If evil is empathy erosion, and empathy erosion is a form of illness, then evil turns out to be nothing more than a particularly awful psychological disorder. — Paul Bloom

There is no benefit so large that malignity will not lessen it; none so narrow that a good interpretation will not enlarge it. — Seneca The Younger

Kate smirked.
"What?"
"Your horse looks pink."
"So?"
"If you paste some stars on her butt you'll be riding My Little Pony."
"Bugger off." I patted the mare's neck. "Don't listen to her, Sugar. You are the cutest horsey ever. The correct name for her color is strawberry roan, by the way."
"Strawberry Shortcake, more like it. Does Strawberry Shortcake know you stole her horse? She will be berry, berry angry with you."
I looked at her from under half-lowered eyelids. "I can shoot you right here, on this road, and nobody will ever find your body. — Ilona Andrews

They seemed to despise each other, with a kind of loyalty. — Olivia Sudjic