"I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and yet my heart so often gets lost in petty anxieties. It forgets the great way home that lies before it."

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Source : "Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman who Defied Hitler". Book by Frank McDonough, 2009.

Sophie Scholl

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Home Quotes

“To the Green movement in which infantilism is seen at its worst, authority is a far more serious evil than the destruction of life.”
“Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most”
“I see you have returned, my love; and your mood is as dark as ever. Did your soldiers not adore you to your complete satisfaction?”
“I'm in love, with a higher love!”
“I would assume that there is a greater amount of joy for you in being able to write and help produce your own stuff and make a decent living, but not get rich versus always doing the other stuff that you don't write, and make more money.”
“When your house contains such a complex of piping, flues, ducts, wires, lights, inlets, outlets, ovens, sinks, refuse disposers, hi-fi re-verberators, antennae, conduits, freezers, heaters -when it contains so many services that the hardware could stand up by itself without any assistance from the house, why have a house hold it up. When the cost of all this tackle is half of the total outlay (or more, as it often is) what is the house doing except concealing your mechanical pudenda from the stares of folks on the sidewalk?”
“I smile so much at the theater my face hurts when I leave.”
“I'd rather argue with you, angel, then laugh with anyone else.”

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