Dörthe Binkert > Quotes

“What else is there to sustain us if not our dreams, and what should we strive for if not for their realization?”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“After all, what is art if not a true image and a criterion for the perfection of the human soul?”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“I am of the opinion that every person, whether man or woman, discovers his own talents and aptitudes and that we as human beings have an obligation to face up to the dreams that we keep hidden deep within ourselves.”
― Dörthe Binkert, She Wore Only White

“And once men have their own money, Emma thought not for the first time, they become unpredictable.”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“His life now had only the one side, the bright side; he had achieved this with great effort. Yet deep down, he knew that the dark side persisted, just as death is a part of every life.”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“never had any jewelry, or at most, they wore a little cross. It struck”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“She had entered it like a shooting star flashing across the night sky—and she’d evaporate just as quickly.”
― Dörthe Binkert, She Wore Only White

“That’s what nature teaches you: the inescapable cycle of birth, life, death. We are part of it, like the plants, and the animals. Nature is not good and it is not evil; nature is.”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“Real life is nothing but a dream, a dream to eventually approach an ideal that is as distant and high as possible, so high as to extinguish matter.”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“She admired all these women who were mothers. My God, you had to be devilishly careful not to say the wrong thing.”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl

“If you’re treated badly for a long time, you can’t believe it when you’re suddenly treated well. You have to get used to it gradually.”
― Dörthe Binkert, Portrait of a Girl