Verluste Durch Quotes & Sayings

At the conference I was asked whether all Yugoslav writers were now forced to live in exile. I answered that I was far more concerned about the people who were not writers who were forced into exile. Writers are familiar with the conditions of exile; exile is not foreign to writers, they often choose to live that way. Exile can be one's state of mind even while living in one's own homeland. I've chosen to live in many different countries over the years because I've always felt closer to mankind per se than to any nation in particular, even my own. Until recently it had seemed banal to say that every person is entitled to think and breathe under the same sky, but as our imperfect human race has difficulty recalling its own history, we're now obligated to state the obvious over and over again. — Nina Zivancevic

The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in. — W. H. Auden

You don't have to reach for greatness if it is already in you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Anyone who has wrestled knows that it's the hardest thing in the world to do. Anyone who says something else is the hardest thing has never wrestled. That's what I have found ... You don't wrestle because it's easy, you wrestle because it's hard. I don't do astrophysics because it's easy, I do it because it's hard. And I juxtapose the two in my mind, body, and soul all the time. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

O, we all acknowledge our faults, now; 'tis the mode of the day: but the acknowledgment passes for current payment; and therefore we never amend them. — Fanny Burney

For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe-that unless I believe I shall not understand.
— Anselm Of Canterbury

I don't want to hurt people's feelings if I can help it. I don't want anyone unnecessarily humiliated, but I say whatever stands between you and justice must give way ... You must do exactly what is right, and let those who have done wrong bear the consequences. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Ah! dear friend,
you little know the possibilities which are in you. — Charles Spurgeon

Even with censorship, the Internet is a force for change. — Peter Singer

It is only in the presence of God, we find the fullness of life and joy. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Non-violence exacts a very high price from one who practices it. But once you are able to meet that demand then you can do most things. — Cesar Chavez

I hope people see us not just as a football player, but also as human beings, we are not machines! — Marco Reus

He was immaculately dressed, without trying. He dressed that way by nature - which meant that he had money - and I loved money. I recognized the royal sign of the Rolex, the fine thread of Armani, the easy way he looked at the world. I also recognized the way he said "thank you" when the bartender refilled his drink, and how when the couple next to him swore repeatedly, he flinched. his type was hardly ever single. I wondered what stupid bitch let him go. Whoever she was, I would wipe her from his memory in no time at all. — Tarryn Fisher