Emily St. John Mandel Quote

Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.

It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

الموسيقى بالنسبة لفرانز هي الفن الأكثر قرباً من الجمال الديونيسي الذي يقدّس النشوة. يمكن لرواية أو للوحة أن تدوّخنا ولكن بصعوبة. أما مع السمفونية التاسعة لبيتهوڤن، أو مع السوناتة المؤلفة من آلتيْ بيان...

Embrace contradictions for they make upall of life:You will eternally be looking for yourself andseeking ways to lose yourself.

One can talk good and shower down roses, but it's the receiver that has to walk through the thorns, and all its false expectations.

Four minutes of eye contact brings people closer to each other better than everything else.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age.

Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and fo...