Truper Quotes

#1. From the standpoint of what eternity is it better to have read a thousand books than to have ploughed a million furrows?

W. Somerset Maugham

#2. All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology.

Roland Barthes

#3. If someone confronts you about draining them it could be a "double reverse." They are draining you and accuse you instead of draining them, just to throw you off.

Frederick Lenz

#4. Even the banana plantations, the big, hardy trees on the flanks of Mount St. Andrew, seemed to lilt and acquiesce in the heat.

Anthony Doerr

#5. One can only learn by teaching.

John Archibald Wheeler

#6. Hades was the personification of dark and dangerous
a living, breathing Batman.

P.C. Cast

#7. Each city should have its own type of restaurant.

Marcus Samuelsson

#8. only one ear. Patches

Fredrik Backman

#9. Triathlon is a very friendly sport. You can make friends quite easily. You don't have to be the most talented person. I was never outstanding at any one of the disciplines, but if you're dedicated and you're willing to put the time in, you can really achieve some good results.

Helen Jenkins