Ellen Stern famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true

  • Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.

  • Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.

  • Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

  • No matter how strong a condom is, it won't protect you from a broken heart.

  • But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts

  • He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder, And went with half my life about my ways.

  • Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.

  • Death is utterly acceptable to consciousness and life.

  • A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.