Alentejo Quotes

#1. A writer is a man like any other: he dreams. And my dream was to be able to say of this book, when I finished: 'This is a book about Alentejo'.

Jose Saramago

#2. True thoughts are those alone which do not understand themselves.

Theodor Adorno

#3. Being a hero to someone, even if it is a dog, is a feeling like no other. Though it can be frustrating, it can be the most rewarding thing to give someone a second chance at a happy life.

Elizabeth Parker

#4. Since when did the scent of a woman make him throw wood the instant it reached his nose? Since when did a woman's hair color make him feel as if he'd just freebased a bowl of Viagra?

Anonymous

#5. Fashion is not frivolous.

Donatella Versace

#6. The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph.

Stephen Hawking

#7. Oh, where is it, where did my past go, when I was young, happy and intelligent, when my dreams and thoughts had some grace, and the present and future were lit up with hope? Why is it, that when we've just started to live, we grow dull, gray, uninteresting, lazy, useless, with flattened-out souls?

Sarah Ruhl

#8. If we accept that opposites (or gradations of circumstances, or differences in ways of being) are all part of the same hologram of life (just as we need different shades and colours to make up a picture), then we can see that we need all those aspects to make up our world.

Julia Woodman

#9. Elsa is the sort of child who learned early in life that it's easier to make your way if you get to choose your own soundtrack.

Fredrik Backman

#10. Does your reality match your expectations? If not it's time to change either your expectations or your reality.

Steven Redhead

#11. In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

Bill Cosby