Sammelband Quotes & Sayings

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. — Ray Bradbury

Accepting the face that you loved someone was much harder than falling for that person. It took time. And courage. But when I finally took that time, found that courage, when I finally let my guard down, I'd discovered something spectacular. — L.J. Shen

Because of Christ's resurrection power at work in us, greater is he that is in us than the Evil One who tempts us (1 John 4:4). — Bryan Chapell

They kissed in the middle of the sidewalk, letting the crowds of people flow around them like water around an island. — Lawren Leo

For it is indeed consciousness that makes the body fully alive, and the body that gives consciousness a place to live. — Anodea Judith

But for some reason I feel icky inside, like I should write a letter of explanation and maybe print out a boyfriend permission slip for Levi to sign.
I, Levi Andrews, give my explicit permission for one Pixie Marshall to date whomever she wishes without any feelings that might resemble guilt or betrayal or awkward confusion. Signed, Levi Andrews, platonic third party in all Pixie Marshall-related endeavors and keeper of the east wing hot water. — Chelsea Fine

When I went from being an academic to being a member of the community of writers some of my former colleagues did look on me with a certain resentment. — Umberto Eco

An overgenerous reinsurance policy for an underachieving people. — Conrad Black

Sin is the monster we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. In Jesus Christ we are forgiven and empowered to overcome sin ... but toying with an animal that is actually toying with us is a sure way to lose part of ourselves. — Frank E. Peretti

Why don't Fjerdans let girls fight?"
"They don't want to fight."
"How do you know? Have you ever asked one?"
"Fjerdan women are to be venerated, protected."
"That's probably a wise policy."
"It is?"
"Think how embarrassing it would be for you when you got trounced by a Fjerdan girl. — Leigh Bardugo

In another sense, however, burglars are idiots, incapable of using a door when cutting through drywall for twenty minutes will do the trick. But then they'll get stuck in the insulation, or they'll trip and plummet through the roof into the wrong grocery store, or they'll accidentally set fire to the very place they've been trying so hard to enter (it's happened). — Geoff Manaugh

A man can feel pain in an amputated arm (an arm that is not there). A man can also feel anxious when he thinks about how his soul will burn in the fire of hell when he is threatened by it though he cannot see it physically — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene. — Ibrahim Rugova

Never call this land hell, he had said. Respect the land as you would a dangerous beast, but do not hate it. — Brandon Sanderson