Gretchen

“Every idea from your thoughts is the real thing it's strength”
― Rhonda Byrne, The Secret

“Truthfully, Professor Hawking? Why would we allow tourists from the future muck up the past when your contemporaries had the task well in Hand?"
Brigadier General Patrick E Buckwalder 2241C.E.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Paradox Effect: Time Travel and Purified DNA Merge to Halt the Collapse of Human Existence

“She was knowingly punishing herself. That was the only reasonable explanation. There was no use in acting naive. What happened earlier in the day was proof that she was going to give in to his flirtation. It appeared she'd thrown caution to the wind and opened her arms to embrace everything that could go wrong in her life. What's one more problem to add to the pile?”
― Emem Uko, The Place That Gave

“O felsefede insan yaşamının ödevleri, insan yaşamınının mutluluğuna ve kemaline hizmet edecek araçlar olarak ele alınıyordu. Ama gerek ahlak, gerek doğa felsefesi, yalnızca ilahiyata yardımcı gibi öğretilmeye başlanınca, insan yaşamınon ödevleri daha çok, bir yaşamın mutluluğuna hizmet edecek ödevler olarak ele alındı. Eski felsefede, erdemin kemali, sahibi için, bu yaşamda en kamil mutluluğu ister istemez yaratır diye anlatılıyordu.”
― Adam Smith