Tanneberger Berlin Quotes & Sayings

If we persist in defining ourselves as doomed, human nature as beyond redemption, and social institutions as beyond reform, then we shall create a future that will inexorably proceed in confirming this view. Rescuers refused to see Jews as guilty or beyond hope and themselves as helpless, despite all the evidence that could be marshaled to the contrary. They made a choice that affirmed the value and meaningfulness of each life in the midst of a diabolical social order that repeatedly denied it. Can we do otherwise? — Samuel P. Oliner

The wise soul feareth not death; rather she sometimes striveth for death, she goeth beyond to meet her. Yet eternity maintaineth her substance throughout time, immensity throughout space, universal form throughout motion. — Giordano Bruno

You must be this tall," I said, leveling my hand well above his stocky height, "to ride this ride." I blew him a kiss and kept walking. — Amanda Bonilla

A real reader creates her own canon, for it consists precisely of those books that she has used to create herself. — William Deresiewicz

I'm always excited to do the fight scenes. — Ming-Na Wen

Style is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end - the means of telling a story. — Ayn Rand

Abs? What are you, a workout video?" he sneered.
"Pigeon?" I said with the same amount of disdain. "An annoying bird that craps all over the sidewalk?"
"You like Pigeon," he said defensively. "It's a dove, an attractive girl, a winning card in poker, take your pick. You're my Pigeon. — Jamie McGuire

There is a whole aspect of freedom to recording at home that you don't get in a studio. The possibilities are infinite, and there is no reason not to explore them. — Jeff Mangum

Glances of true beauty can be seen in the faces of those who live in true meekness. — Henry David Thoreau

The people are only tools, a means used by God. But they are not the sourse of help, aid, or salvation of any kind. Only God is. The people cannot even create the wing of a fly (Quran, 22:73). — Yasmin Mogahed

How do you know when it's me?"
"Your footsteps are apologetic?"
"What does that mean?"
She turned, smiling wiping her hands on her long, black skirt. "It doesn't mean anything," she said. "Everybody else here just does what they want to do and doesn't think twice about it. But you're never sure. — Daniel Wallace

Books contain a special magic. Letters and words - side by side - able to speak and sing to us.
This allows the reader to enter the story. — Jason Ellis

I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought. — Edmund White

Here we go mother on the shipless ocean.
Pity us, pity the ocean, here we go. — Anne Carson