Maria > Maria's Quotes

“Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.”
― Aristophanes

“When I said I wanted to die in my sleep, I meant I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Great Book of Amber

“The universe did not invent justice. Man did. Unfortunately, man must reside in the universe.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Dream Master

“The only important thing in a book is the meaning that it has for you.”
― Somerset Maugham

“People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.”
― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

“I am never alone wherever I am. The air itself supplies me with a century of love. When I breathe in, I am breathing in the laughter, tears, victories, passions, thoughts, memories, existence, joys, moments, and the hues of the sunlight on many tones of skin; I am breathing in the same air that was exhaled by many before me. The air that bore them life. And so how can I ever say that I am alone?”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“Nobody steals books but your friends.”
― Roger Zelazny, The Guns of Avalon

“I know, too, that death is the only god who comes when you call.”
― Roger Zelazny, Frost & Fire

“Love is a negative form of hatred.”
― Roger Zelazny, This Immortal

“Sleep is perhaps the only among life's great pleasures which need not be of short duration.”
― Roger Zelazny, Knight of Shadows

“Ни одна реальность не способна долго оставаться таковой, если ты в нее не веришь.”
― Max Frei, Гнёзда химер. Хроники Овётганны

“Магическая формула «на фиг я кому-то сдался?» – делала меня почти счастливым.”
― Max Frei, Энциклопедия мифов. Подлинная история Макса Фрая, автора и персонажа. Том 1. А-К

“Большинство людей рождается в таком месте, которое им совершенно не подходит, судьба просто обожает такие шутки.”
― Max Frei, Волонтеры вечности

“Сон – хорошее место для того, кто ищет ответ на каверзный вопрос. Потому что там можно найти все, что угодно.”
― Max Frei, Энциклопедия мифов. Подлинная история Макса Фрая, автора и персонажа. Том 1. А-К

“Please, don't spare my self-confidence, sir. I never take it with me when I leave home.”
― Max Frei, The Stranger

“– Любить – не значит навсегда оставлять при себе, – улыбнулся я. – И потом, я их люблю только пока вижу. А когда не вижу – забываю.”
― Max Frei, Гнёзда химер. Хроники Овётганны