Thilo Herda Quotes & Sayings

If it is very painful for you to criticize your friends, you are safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that is the time to hold your tongue — Alice Miller

If you go to old houses on Long Island you will see painted Chinese wallpaper, which was big in the 18th century. Throughout history, notable, established families have always tried to link to the 18th century. — Catherine Martin

I started to think about the abyss that separates the poet from the reader and the next thing I knew I was deeply depressed. — Roberto Bolano

We're essentially continuing a system where profits are privatized and ... losses socialized, — Nouriel Roubini

The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as this world, from gravity to how human behaviour works. If you have a fantasy element that doesn't obey the laws of physics, make sure that it has a fantasy explanation. — Trudi Canavan

The most self-damaging words in the English language are: try, might, and if. These are words of uncertainty. Will you fail? That is possible. But continue doubting your abilities and you'll never succeed. — Dannika Dark

If I had life to live over again, I would give my life to poetry, to music, to literature, and to art to make life richer and happier. In my youth I steeled myself against them and thought them so much waste. — Charles Darwin