Michaelis Great Quotes & Sayings

Over the years
a great deal has to be thrown out.
The notion, for instance,
that happiness is mild and enduring,
something like a southern climate
instead of a bolt of lightning
that leaves scars
cherished a lifetime. — Hanny Michaelis

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything. — Oscar Wilde

You trusted me.'
'You drugged me!'
He grinned. 'Yeah, I did. — Jenn Bennett

For when man comes to front the everlasting God, and look the splendor of His judgments in the face, personal integrity, the dream of spotlessness and innocence, vanishes into thin air: your decencies and your church-goings and your regularities and your attachment to a correct school and party, your gospel formulas of sound doctrine
what is all that, in front of the blaze of the wrath to come? — Frederick William Robertson

The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce. — Friedrich List

Standing behind him, Michaelis saw with a shock that he was looking at the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, which had just emerged, pale and enormous, from the dissolving night. "God sees everything," repeated Wilson. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Ruth's writing is so joyful, funny and uplifting; it's always a real treat of a read. — Fiona Walker