Zlatomir Ivanov Quotes & Sayings

The family is like the forest: if you are outside it is dense; if you are inside you see that each tree has its own position. — Yaa Gyasi

Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind. — Alexander Pope

This approach [solving easiest problems first, during the test] works for some people, mostly because anything works for some people. — Barbara Oakley

Both life and work were a great deal more rewarding when you didn't take them seriously. — Kirsten Beyer

I want you to say it. 'I am so beautiful and sexy that I make Dmitri come in his dreams for me.' Say it." He hissed in her ear. — Fiona Murphy

It's as if he wants me to say he could have stopped his dad, so he's handing me a whip to beat him. But I won't, because I'm glad he hid. Glad he's beside me instead of six feet under. — Courtney C. Stevens

I've seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are. It reveals who you are. — Michelle Obama

Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength. — Pindar

Love of the absolute engenders a predilection for self-destruction. Hence the passion for monasteries and brothels. Cells and women, in both cases. Weariness with life fares well in the shadow of whores and saintly women. — Emil Cioran

When I got back to Marceline, I did not conceal from her how tedious I found all these acquaintances.
"They are all alike," I said to her. "When I talk to one, I feel as if I were talking to the whole lot."
"But, my dear," said Marceline, "you can't expect each of them to be different from the others."
"The greater their likeness to each other, the more unlike they are to me. — Andre Gide