Muthmannsdorf Quotes & Sayings

Stories survive not just because of empathetic characters that we can still identify with but because the author has something to say to us and they have the ability to communicate that to the reader in a clear and often amusing way. Jane Austen knows how to hook a reader with her endearing and often infuriating characters but she also keeps us hooked by her wit, her observations, and her unique use of language. Lots of other writers had books published at the same time as Jane Austen and yet they've been lost to us. Austen has survived because she has a unique voice. But the themes she explores are also important. — Victoria Connelly

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe. — George H. W. Bush

Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge-and, therefore, like power. — Susan Sontag

The most perfect society is that whose purpose
is the universal and supreme happiness. — Gottfried Leibniz

But had he felt the same crackle of electricity when they'd met? Was it possible for only one person to feel that kind of instant attraction, that almost irresistible pull towards someone else? Surely it had to work two ways, or what was the point of it? — Lulu Taylor