Reichstag Fire Historian Quotes & Sayings

Their guilt plus their repentance should have equalled forgiveness. But they don't feel forgiven, so they failed, which makes them feel guilty, which was why they repented in the first place, so they're stuck right where they started: Guilty. — Geoffrey Wood

The success of any society must be judged by the life of its worst off. No other calculation will do. — Victor LaValle

The Little Mute Boy The little boy was looking for his voice. (The king of the crickets had it.) In a drop of water the little boy was looking for his voice. I do not want it for speaking with; I will make a ring of it so that he may wear my silence on his little finger In a drop of water the little boy was looking for his voice. (The captive voice, far away, put on a cricket's clothes.) Translated by William S. Merwin — Federico Garcia Lorca

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything. — Gyorgy Ligeti

A woman flees from temptation, but a man just crawls away from it in the cheerful hope that it may overtake him. — Helen Rowland

We live in an age where people are kind of a bit obsessed with celebrity and stuff. You can't help but be curious about it. — Jarvis Cocker

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence? — Edward Abbey

The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity. — Alexandre Dumas

Wisdom is worth more than gold. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I can't just sit all day on the couch and expect the weight to come off. My goals are my new focus instead of food. — Graham Elliot