Helsingfors Bibliotek Quotes

#1. The tradition of putting candles on Christmas trees actually began in Germany. The person who came up with the idea is thought to have been Martin Luther, father of the Reformation.

Christopher Buckley

#2. Sometimes, as in a game of chess, we must strategically regress so that we might progress toward our ultimate objective.

Crystal Woods

#3. Harlow, do you realize that you're breathtaking? Just looking at you can become addictive.

Abbi Glines

#4. Insofar as story is concerned, and pleasure is concerned, there are not enough Stephen Kings to go around.

Stephen King

#5. I'm not anti-Muslim, I'm not anti-immigration; I'm saying we've got big problems in our cities. It's not very smart to make the problem bigger by letting in millions more immigrants from rural Muslim cultures that don't assimilate.

Pim Fortuyn

#6. Contrary to popular belief, the gene-centered theory of evolution does not imply that the point of all human striving is to spread our genes.

Steven Pinker

#7. She had power over the most magnificent forces on Earth, but she still didn't feel like she had power over the most important thing of all - her own heart.

Josephine Angelini

#8. When in doubt, choose to live.

Terry Pratchett

#9. When wiggling through a hole
the world looks different than
when scrubbed clean by the wiggle
and looking back.

Mark Nepo

#10. I learnt all the words worthy of the court of blood
So that I could break the rule
I learnt all the words and broke them up
To make a single word:
Homeland..

Mahmoud Darwish

#11. Ah, I could last a long time on those smiles. I would sow and reap them like wheat.

Rachel Hartman

#12. I love my children and I love my wife with all my heart. And I would die, die gladly, if that would make a better life for them.

Medgar Evers