Tintenfisch Quotes & Sayings

Pessimism is the affectation of youth, the reality of age. — Ellen Glasgow

When it was real it wasn't funny. When you touched someone, they were always with you. When his mouth was on mine, we held the same breath in the same moment, and when he was naked, his body was covered in tiny black hairs that stuck to my clothes even after I washed them. He had sowly become a part of me and when he was cruel, or cold, or acted like we couldn't go on like this anymore it felt like he was ripping my limbs off, one at a time. — Alison Espach

The trilogy composed of politics, religion and sex is the most sensitive of all issues in any society. — Nawal El Saadawi

As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action. We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show, humbly saying to ourselves many times each day "Thy will be done." We are then in much less danger of excitement, fear, anger, worry, self-pity, or foolish decisions. We become much more efficient. We do not tire so easily, for we are not burning up energy foolishly as we did when we were trying to arrange life to suit ourselves. — Alcoholics Anonymous

The outlaw is the radical, the one close to the roots of existence. The one who refuses to forget their humanity and, in remembering, helps everyone else remember, too. — David Whyte

It is the duty that separates men from boys — Aporva Kala

Miki burst into laughter while Angelina looked validly concerned. "Sara, honey, you've got to let your toy go."
"Hey!" Zach snapped. — Shelly Laurenston

Even if our loved ones have assured us that they'll be busy at work, even if they told us they hated us for going travelling in the first place, even if they left us last June or died twelve years ago, it is impossible not to experience a shiver of a sense that they may have come along anyway, just to surprise us and make us feel special. — Alain De Botton

Do you want to work like a slave and live like a king or do you want to work like a king and live like a slave? Your choice — Nathanael Kanyinga

Niceness, he realised, was not enough, and Love was only part of the rest. You had to have laughter, too. Laughter would make everything come out right in the end, or if it didn't nobody would notice. — Tom Holt

It says that alcoholism is a disease, and that it gets passed on from generation to generation. I've told my kids about that: "You've got the crazy gene in you, guys. When it comes time to kick back with the buddies, drink a beer, and watch a football game, just realize that there will be a day when that thing turns on you. So you better keep an eye on it". — Nikki Sixx

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. — Oscar Wilde

I couldn't go on living like this. I had to become successful. "I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterward." And at this juncture I was finally willing to do whatever it was going to take to bring that about - up to and including giving up drugs. From that moment on, I really did take things, in the textbook rehab fashion, one day at a time. An — Russell Brand

The trick at Le Mans is to get the car 'in the window.' Everything is critical: the tyre pressure, the brake temperature, and that means you have to push the car a lot to get it into the window - it's about getting everything to work right and getting the car to flow through the corners. — Tom Kristensen

One of the things that you see ancient philosophers and contemporary scientists agree on is that strong relationships are a key to happiness, maybe the key to happiness. People who have more strong relationships in their lives just feel happier. — Gretchen Rubin