147 quotes found
“Don't lies in the end put us on the path to truth? And don't my stories, true or false, point to the same conclusion? Don't they have the same meaning? So, what does it matter whether they are true...”
“How many crimes have been committed for no other reason than that the perpetrator could not bear being in the wrong!”
“When there is inconsistency in belief and action (such as being violated by someone who is supposed to love you) our mind has to make an adjustment so that thought and action are aligned. So someti...”
“Here grew willows and alders, their trunks twisted like giants sinews. Around them bark lichen bloomed blue-white in the darkness. It felt like a good place, where there was old magic.”
“We all become caricatures of ourselves, if we live long enough”
“Does writing exist for the typewriter, or the typewriter for writing? . . . the invention of the computer would one day make [the] argument obsolete . . . technologies exist for humans, and not vic...”
“Writers are writing in every corner of the globe.Writers are writing, moreover, in rich countries and poor countries alike.”
“The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.”
“Life is a series of decisions and reactions. It is the things you do and the things that are done to you.And then it's over.”
“The three now faced the moving wall. Trapped, like the last fries in a box with a hungry kid ready to pounce. They had no way to escape.”
“The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires' astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training.”
“Only if the being of creation is good, only if trust in being is fundamentally justified, are humans at all redeemable. Only if the Redeemer is also Creator can he really be Redeemer. That is why t...”
“As with many tragedies, our story opens in a moment of triumph.”
“The factor that made him so powerful was also his greatest liability.”
“Alex: "You asked earlier why us humans fear death. I suppose it is the unknown - not knowing what awaits on the other side. But now I know, and I still fear it."The Darkness: "?"Alex: "But now I fe...”
“Let's not worry. It's too late now. It will always be too late, fortunately!”
“Any fighter knows that regret that doesn't inform your future is wasted emotion. If you lose and dwell on the missed opportunity rather than the chances to come, you're finished.”
“With ancient history writers most immediately in view, the author indicates "tendency to look to the virtues and vices of individuals when seeking causes.”
“Which one is right? Which one is wrong? When you feel you could answer that type of questions, you trapped on your own perception. -Back cover, Andante Part 1, English modified-”
“My words to Anna, as we stood contemplating the Scuola Grande di San Marco, moments before entering Venice Hospital, came true: 'With a faade like that, I could even accept having a deformed child....”
