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Madeline Miller photo

“He smiled, and his face was like the sun.”

Madeline Miller book The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

Mary, Queen of Scots photo

“In my end is my beginning.”

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587) Scottish monarch and queen consort of France

"Mary, Queen of Scots" The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Ed. Elizabeth Knowles. Oxford University Press, 2004. Oxford Reference Online. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t115.e2074

Tyler Joseph photo

“Why are our songs so dark but our shows a celebration? Because our songs are to help you get through those dark times and our shows are a celebration of you making it through another day. Our shows are celebrating the fact that you’re not alone. So let’s celebrate.”

Tyler Joseph (1988) American singer-songwriter and record producer

William Shakespeare photo

“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs.”

William Shakespeare book Romeo and Juliet

Source: Romeo and Juliet

Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“As a realist, you must give me the watch and not the time.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Edgar Allan Poe photo

“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”

Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) American author, poet, editor and literary critic

Letter http://www.eapoe.org/works/letters/p4801040.htm to George W. Eveleth, Jan. 4, 1848.

Cristiano Ronaldo photo

“One chance, bang!”

Cristiano Ronaldo (1985) Portuguese association football player

Kobe Bryant photo

“If you want to make history, you have to do historic things.”

Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player

Rumi photo

“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.”

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet

Mehmed II photo

“One night comes suddenly, I will add your kingdom to my empire.”

Mehmed II (1432–1481) Ottoman sultan

Source: Freely, John (The Grand Turk)

Michael Jackson photo

“You're a vegetable, you're a vegetable,
Still they hate you, you're a vegetable,
You're just a buffet, you're a vegetable,
They eat off you, you're a vegetable.”

Michael Jackson (1958–2009) American singer, songwriter and dancer

Thriller (1982)

Erwin Rommel photo

“But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.”

Erwin Rommel (1891–1944) German field marshal of World War II

Ch XVI : The Great Retreat, p. 347.
The Rommel Papers (1953)

Ted Bundy photo

“People say "Ted Bundy didn't show any emotion, there must be something in there". I showed emotion. You know what people said? "See, he really can get violent and angry."”

Ted Bundy (1946–1989) American serial killer

1977 interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEWsxCrMM1U in Pitkin County Prison, Colorado

Mwanandeke Kindembo photo

“Pure philosophy is not for the impulsive souls. People who are still offended by simple words or a finger pointed at them.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

Rajneesh photo

“It is very easy to follow your parents,
it is very easy to follow your teachers,
it is very easy to follow the society,
it is very easy to be obedient --

to be rebellious, to be on your own, is very difficult.

But growth comes the hard way.”

Rajneesh (1931–1990) Godman and leader of the Rajneesh movement

Otto von Bismarck photo

“I am firmly convinced that Spain is the strongest country of the world. Century after century trying to destroy herself and still no success”

Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898) German statesman, Chancellor of Germany

A Spanish politician in a political meeting said it for the first time and attributed to Bismarck https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Discusi%C3%B3n:Otto_von_Bismarck <br class="br">Misattributed