"What a sad story, I thought for so long. Not that I now think it was happy. But I think it is true, and thus the question of whether it is sad or happy has no meaning whatever."

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

Bernhard Schlink

#Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes #Feeling Sad Quotes

“As we grow in higher consciousness, we discover that it is more important to be the right person then to find the right person.”
“The first note in that octave [of our cultural transformation], the do, was the discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann in 1943.”
“I really didn`t have to work, shall we say, with "Star Trek." It was a natural. When I opened my mouth, there was Scotty. It`s like I tell people what you see in Scotty is 99% James Doohan and 1% accent.”
“As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living.”
“Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.”
“Pour not on the comforts you want, but upon the mercies you have. Look rather at God's ending in afflicting, than to the measure and degree of your affliction.”
“I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.”
“Modern music and artistry would look and sound completely different if not for the groundbreaking contributions Michael Jackson gifted to the world.”

Source : "New Michael Jackson music coming in May" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. March 31, 2014.

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