"It is not good for man to be alone. Hitherto all things [in Genesis] that have been named, were approved of God to be very good: loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good."

“This story is about love, which means that it is also about hate.”

“Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution.”

“Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.”

“Don't take your bad shots home with you.”

Source : Anthony David Lema, Tony Lema (1966). “Champagne Golf”

“Greatness is won, not awarded.”

Source : Guy Kawasaki (2011). “How to Drive Your Competition Crazy: Creating Disruption for Fun and Profit”, p.12, Hachette UK

“It's easy to confuse a woman for a philosophy”

“Abram, having failed in Genesis 13, comes through with flying colors in this battle of faith because he aligns himself with God, and he refuses to allow his heart to be compromised by the possibility of taking the riches that this world can offer.”

“The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter that has been fully formed and pushed aside, but absolutely present and alive. I understand this. Nonetheless, I sometimes find it hard to bear.”

Source : Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.217, Vintage