Hominibus Translation Quotes

#1. They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.

Wislawa Szymborska

#2. Some men send me condoms and underpants. I'm not sure what they want.

Martine McCutcheon

#3. You can never truly understand or help others, even in your own family, unless you first look thoroughly into your own life and deal with your own sins without compromise, excuses, or evasion (Matthew 7:1-5).

John C. Broger

#4. upon reflection, we discover that the Trinity is the highest revelation God has made of himself to His people. It is the capstone, the summit, the brightest star in the firmament of divine truths.

James R. White

#5. there is always a but in this imperfect world!

Anne Bronte

#6. A spot whereon the founders lived and died
Seemed once more dear than life; ancestral trees,
Or gardens rich in memory glorified
Marriages, alliances, and families,
And every bride's ambition satisfied.

William Butler Yeats

#7. Well, I drank enough to sustain a small Spanish village, I haven't had an orgasm in a thousand years, and I will probably die old and alone in a beautifully designed apartment with all of Clive's illegitimate children swarming around me ... How do you think I feel?

Alice Clayton

#8. I prefer a man who is unskillful, who is an awkward writer, but who has something to say, who is dealing himself one time on every page.

Ralph Keyes

#9. When did you know you were going to be a writer?
I knew it when I was young, I forgot it in my 30ties, then I remembered it again.

Bernhard Schlink