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Life Quotes by Bernhard Schlink
- Sometimes I had the feeling that all of us in his family were like pets to him. The dog you take for a walk, the…
- I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen…
- I asked her about life, and it was as if she rummaged around in a dusty chest to get me the answers.
- People who commit monstrous crimes are not necessarily monsters. If they were, things would be easy. But they aren't and it is one of the…
- I didn't like the way I looked, the way I dressed and moved, what I achieved and what I felt I was worth. But there…
- She was struggling, as she always had struggled, not to show what she could do but to hide what she couldn't do. A life made…
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- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle