"But I don't feel sad about it. Because Mother is dead. And because Mr. Shears isn't around anymore. So I would be feeling sad about something that isn't real and doesn't exist. And that would be stupid."

-- Mark Haddon

#Mother Quotes #Real Quotes #Stupid Quotes

“I never had lessons. Used to try to play to records, which I hated doing. Still can't play to them.”
“The executions of agents, partisans, saboteurs, suspicious people, indulging in espionage and sabotage, and those who were of a detrimental effect to the German Army, were, in my opinion, completely in accordance with the Hague Convention.”

Source : "The Eichmann Kommandos". Book by Michael Angelo Musmanno, p. 153, 1961.
“Don't be a pawn in somebody's game. Find the attitude which gives you the maximum strength and the maximum dignity, no matter what else is going on”

Source : Anne Rice (2013). “The Mayfair Witches Series 3-Book Bundle: Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos”, p.945, Ballantine Books
“Two things in life are infinite; the stupidity of man and the mercy of God.”
“I refuse to let anybody try to typecast me. It's against my nature. I like to continually do different things.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.”
“One of the key problems is that the Germans know what they do because everywhere they go there's a 'made in Germany' label on it - they can feel proud of Volkswagens and Audis and Mercedes.”
“Dialogic is not to be identified with love. But love without dialogic, without real outgoing to the other, reaching to the other, the love remaining with itself - this is called Lucifer.”

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