Orzechy Nerkowca Quotes & Sayings

You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little insight, a moment of escape, a deepening of your own humanity. Not much else. — Anne Roiphe

In the eyes of the Associated Press, American Christianity, which springs from the Protestant Reformation, is fundamentalist. And Christian Fundamentalists, radical Muslims, Hindu extremists, and fanatical Zionists are all the same - bloodthirsty lunatics. — Pat Robertson

And where was the world going if people couldn't even write or brew a pot of coffee? — Fredrik Backman

He who is running a race ought to endeavor and strive to the utmost of his ability to come off victor; but it is utterly wrong for him to trip up his competitor, or to push him aside. So in life it is not unfair for one to seek for himself what may accrue to his benefit; but it is not right to take it from another. — Chrysippus

There is nothing interesting about just seeing me doing the show then seeing the fans and how much people love me. — David Cross

it was like glass sandpaper being rubbed on my skin. — Nicci French

Beirut has survived for thousands and thousands of years by spreading her beautiful legs for every army within smelling distance. — Rabih Alameddine

Our lives were limitless and unknowable, not perfect, but ours. — Brenna Yovanoff

I was in college when tens of thousands of people marched on Washington for the first Earth Day. Raw sewage floated in rivers and clouds of smog hung over cities. But then something amazing happened. People spoke out. Thousands of students, workers, and ordinary citizens used their voices to say, 'This has to change.' — Frances Beinecke

Since we are mortal, friendships are best kept to a moderate level, rather than sharing the very depths of our souls. — Euripides