Petronela Apopei Quotes & Sayings

Beauty, delicacy and position-these were the foundations of courtly equestrianism — Henning Eichberg

Of course, in the U.S. the government and politics are gaining more and more ground lately at the cost of the law. The government is very smart; it evokes terror in the hearts of people to convince them to give up their freedom and privacy. — Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Even now, after a lifetime of human companionship, I am hard-pressed to understand fully mankind's fascination with those little marks that they so carefully impress on sheets of paper. — Sally Smith O'Rourke

He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed. — William James

It's all rather political, mourning is. — Melina Marchetta

The women had one of their get-togethers last night. From what I heard, it was lots of margaritas and ice cream and calling you a bastard. They're all hungover this morning, so — Susan Mallery

Whatever he writes will mean You have not silenced me. Despite all your power, you are not all powerful. Men have often reduced his voice to gasps and weeping. They have crushed the power to speak from his body, from many bodies. But words written down outlive the vulnerability of the flesh. His songs will fly through the air like swallows. Recorded words can be passed along. In one form or another, they will be passed along. Movement is their essential nature. — Karen Connelly

The point is with good maths skills you have just wonderful opportunities and if you don't have good maths skills, there are just so many things that you won't be able to do. — Marcus Du Sautoy

We live of novelty in science. So when you do something new, you have to overcome certain beliefs that it cannot be done, that it's not interesting and so on. — Heinrich Rohrer

You'll be there for her through this aftermath. Then you move on and let her finish her life. — Sandy Goldsworthy

Don't expect to know your husband inside and out within a month of marriage. For a long time you will be making discoveries; file them for future reference. — Blanche Ebbutt

To love someone is like moving into a house," Sonja used to say. "At first you fall in love in everything new, you wonder every morning that this is one's own, as if they are afraid that someone will suddenly come tumbling through the door and say that there has been a serious mistake and that it simply was not meant to would live so fine. But as the years go by, the facade worn, the wood cracks here and there, and you start to love this house not so much for all the ways it is perfect in that for all the ways it is not. You become familiar with all its nooks and crannies. How to avoid that the key gets stuck in the lock if it is cold outside. Which floorboards have some give when you step on them, and exactly how to open the doors for them not to creak. That's it, all the little secrets that make it your home. "
- Fredrik Backman , A Man Called Ove — Fredrik Backman

Only wild animals harm each other. — Lailah Gifty Akita