Chana Pietzsch

“There was about Alexandra something of the impervious calm of the fatalist, always disconcerting to very young people, who cannot feel that the heart lives at all unless it is still at the mercy of storms; unless its strings can scream to the touch of pain.”
― Willa Cather, O Pioneers!

“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast. ”
― John Gunther

“The law is what powerful men say it shall be.”
― Philippa Gregory, The White Queen

“... as a rule of thumb, whenever there appears a plural, correct for a singular. Should I ever let slip a royal WE, put me out of my misery with a swift blow to the head.”
― Nicole Krauss, The History of Love