Clementine > Clementine's Quotes

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

“When there's a moon the shadows in the house grow larger;
invisible hands draw back the curtains,
a pallid finger writes forgotten words on dust
of the piano...”
― Yannis Ritsos, The Fourth Dimension

“ξέρεις, καμιά φορά, θαυμάζοντας, ξεχνάς, ό,τι θαυμάζεις,
σου φτάνει ο θαυμασμός σου”
― Yannis Ritsos

“But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
― Daphne du Maurier

“Motto"

In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing.
About the dark times.”
― Bertolt Brecht

“Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.”
― Bertold Brecht

“Η μοίρα του καθενός είναι να βρίσκεται η μοίρα του στα χέρια των άλλων.”
― José Saramago, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

“Time is the best killer.”
― Agatha Christie

“Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were nine.
Nine little Indian boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were eight.
Eight little Indian boys travelling in Devon; One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.
Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
Six little Indian boys playing with a hive; A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
Five little Indian boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were four.
Four little Indian boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was one.
One little Indian boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were none.”
― Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None

“Can't bring back time. Like holding water in your hand.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

“You will always end up in this city. Don’t hope for things elsewhere:
there is no ship for you, there is no road.
As you’ve wasted your life here, in this small corner,
you’ve destroyed it everywhere else in the world”
― C.P. Cavafy

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long.”
― William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality.”
― Ingmar Bergman, Images: My Life in Film

“If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“Our imagination flies -- we are its shadow on the earth.”
― Vladimir Nabokov

“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
― Nikolai V. Gogol

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
― Emily Jane Brontë , Wuthering Heights

“The world is a stage and the play is badly cast.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I am living at the Villa Borghese. There is not a crumb of dirt anywhere, nor a chair misplaced. We are all alone here and we are dead.”
― Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer

“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?”
― José Saramago, Blindness

“Δε ζούμε αληθινά παρά μόνο τη νύχτα μέσα στ'όνειρο. Και το πρωί "καλημέρα" λες, "καλημέρα" σου λένε. Κι η σφαγή συνεχίζεται.”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης, Τα χειρόγραφα του φθινοπώρου

“Kαι σμίγουν και χωρίζουν οι άνθρωποι
και δεν παίρνει τίποτα ο ένας απ’ τον άλλον.
Γιατί ο έρωτας είναι ο πιο δύσκολος δρόμος να γνωριστούν.”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης, Απάνθισμα

“Ω απέραντη νοσταλγία για κάτι που πότε δεν ζήσαμε
κι όμως αυτό υπήρξε όλη η ζωή μας...”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης

“Κι μιὰ μέρα θέλω νὰ γράψουν στὸν τάφο μου: ἔζησε στὰ σύνορα
μιᾶς ἀκαθόριστης ἡλικίας καὶ πέθανε γιὰ πράγματα μακρινὰ ποὺ
……εἶδε κάποτε σ᾿ ἕνα ἀβέβαιο ὄνειρο.”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης, Τα χειρόγραφα του φθινοπώρου

“Συλλογιέμαι, αλήθεια, πως άν είχα μια αιωνιότητα στη διάθεσή μου
θ' αποτελείωνα, ίσως, αυτό το ταξίδι απ' την πόρτα μου ώς τ' αντικρινό περίπτερο... ...ώσπου ένα μικρό τυχαίο άστρο μου 'παιρνε και το τελευταίο επιχείρημα
πως δεν είναι ωραίος ο κόσμος!”
― Τάσος Λειβαδίτης, Ο Διάβολος με το Κηροπήγιο

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.”
― Aldous Huxley