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I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Jul 05, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Jul 05, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others.

Jul 04, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

What are all these?" Clary asked."Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on the floor beside him, "electrum wire - not much use at the moment but it's always good to have spares - silver bullets, charms of protetion, crucifixes, stars of David-""Jesus," said Clary"I doubt he'd fit.""Jace." Clary was appalled.

Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Nobody steals books but your friends.

Jun 20, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The irony of life is that those who wear masks often tell us more truths than those with open faces.

Jun 16, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues....[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.

Jun 16, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.

Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

That's the nature of being a parent, Sabine has discovered. You'll love your children far more than you ever loved your parents, and -- in the recognition that your own children cannot fathom the depth of your love -- you come to understand the tragic, unrequited love of your own parents.

Jun 15, 2024 - Fabian Biese>