💬 Quotes

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"Wir sind keine Marionetten der Geschichte, Fire. Wir sind diejenigen, die die Fäden halten, selbst wenn wir glauben, sie seien aus Stahl."
— Die Flammende (Die sieben Königreiche 2)by Kristin Cashore
"Ein Monster zu sein bedeutet nicht, keine Seele zu haben. Es bedeutet nur, dass die Welt verlangt, dass man seine Seele unter einer Maske aus Grausamkeit verbirgt."
— Die Flammende (Die sieben Königreiche 2)by Kristin Cashore
"Der Schmerz hat eine Art, sich in das Gedächtnis zu graben, wie eine Inschrift in Stein. Man kann sie nicht wegwischen, man kann sie nur akzeptieren."
— Die Flammende (Die sieben Königreiche 2)by Kristin Cashore
"The people who get the most out of life are the ones who put the least into it."
— Chokeby Chuck Palahniuk
"Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy."
— Chokeby Chuck Palahniuk
"You can spend your whole life hoping for a past that never happened."
— Chokeby Chuck Palahniuk
"Maybe we’re not supposed to be happy. Maybe we’re just supposed to be."
— Chokeby Chuck Palahniuk
"It’s not what you have. It’s what you can do without."
— Chokeby Chuck Palahniuk
"We’re all just a bunch of stories waiting to be told, and most of them are lies."
— Chokeby Chuck Palahniuk
"AT THE END OF THE WORLD, THERE WILL BE ONLY THE SOUND OF THE LAST GRAIN OF SAND FALLING THROUGH THE LAST HOURGLASS."
— Mortby Terry Pratchett
"THERE IS NO JUSTICE. THERE IS JUST US."
— Mortby Terry Pratchett
"YOU DON'T MEAN PEOPLE AT ALL. YOU MEAN PEOPLE LIKE YOU."
— Mortby Terry Pratchett
"IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO BE A WIZARD AND A MORTAL AT THE SAME TIME."
— Mortby Terry Pratchett
"GIVE A MAN A FIRE AND HE'S WARM FOR A DAY, BUT SET FIRE TO HIM AND HE'S WARM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE."
— Mortby Terry Pratchett
"PEOPLE DON'T DIE. THEY JUST STOP BEING THE SAME PERSON."
— Mortby Terry Pratchett
"In a city of secrets, the truth doesn't always set you free; sometimes, it just gives you a new set of problems to solve."
— Mademoiselle le Sleuthby Theasa Tuohy
"A woman with a magnifying glass is often underestimated, which is exactly why she is the most dangerous person in the room."
— Mademoiselle le Sleuthby Theasa Tuohy
"You look for the fingerprints on the wine glass, but you should be looking for the tremor in the hand that held it."
— Mademoiselle le Sleuthby Theasa Tuohy
"Paris has a way of hiding the dark under the beautiful, much like a velvet glove over a clenched fist."
— Mademoiselle le Sleuthby Theasa Tuohy
"Justice is rarely a straight line; it is a jagged path through the shadows of people’s carefully constructed lies."
— Mademoiselle le Sleuthby Theasa Tuohy