Milcho Manchevski Quotes & Sayings

I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could. — Lee Child

In the joy of others lies our own,
In the progress of others rests our own,
In the good of others abides our own,
Know this to be the key to peace and happiness — Pramukh Swami Maharaj

Months later, in a different world, Nechuma will look back on this evening, the last Passover when they were nearly all together, and wish with every cell in her body that she could relive it. She will remember the familiar smell of the gefilte, the chink of silver on porcelain, the taste of parsley, briny and bitter on her tongue. She will long for the touch of Felicia's baby-soft skin, the weight of Jakob's hand on hers beneath the table, the wine-induced warmth in the pit of her belly that begged her to believe that everything might actually turn out all right in the end. She will remember how happy Halina had looked at the piano after their meal, how they had danced together, how they all spoke of missing Addy, assuring each other that he'd be home soon. She will replay it all, over and over again, every beautiful moment of it, and savor it, like the last perfect klapsa pears of the season. — Georgia Hunter

Innocence could be lost more than once after all. — Selena Kitt

I don't think there's anything I can't do. I have no regrets. — Dionne Warwick

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce. — Alberto Moravia

I'd always thought that the earth on which I stood was a solid object that would last forever. Or rather, I'd never thought about such a thing at all. I'd simply taken it for granted. — Haruki Murakami

I beseech you now with all my heart definitely to let me know your whole mind as to the love between us ... — Henry VIII Of England