Theodor Fontane quotes

Theodor Fontane quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Happiness, it seems to me, consists of two things: first, in being where you belong, and second -- and best -- in comfortably going through everyday life, that is, having had a good night's sleep and not being hurt by new shoes.”
-- Theodor Fontane

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“Death accompanies us at every step and enables us to use those moments when life smiles at us to feel more deeply the sweetness of life. The more certain the end, the more tempting the minute.”
-- Theodor Fontane

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“Against a stupidity that is in fashion, no wisdom compensates.”
-- Theodor Fontane

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“Ah, how lucky are the lieutenants, the six-foot Junkers, and all the rest of the Don Juan clan!... The bookworm, be he ever so decent and clever, is really only pleasing to himself and a small handful of others. The world passes him by and beckons to life and beauty ... to gay and handsome creatures to whom the hearts of their fellow men continue to turn.”
-- Theodor Fontane

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“Kissing power is stronger than will power.”
“Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Say not 'Good-night' but in some brighter clime, bid me 'Good-morning.'”
“I love the silent hour of night, for blissful dreams may then arise, revealing to my charmed sight what may not bless my waking eyes.”

Source : Anne Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte (2012). “The Bronte Sisters: Selected Poems”, p.110, Routledge
“A good night's sleep is always the best way to wake up and go to work.”
“The days are cold, the nights are long, The North wind sings a doleful song; Then hush again upon my breast; All merry things are now at rest, Save thee, my pretty love!”

Source : William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth (1815). “Poems”, p.160
“Singing for stage, if you don't hear yourself, that's when you push, and that's when you can hurt your voice sometimes. So if I can hear myself in my ear, it really helps me to find that balance of how loud I needed to be singing.”
“When you love someone, you can't lie to them. It hurts to much. It's a deception that goes too deep.”
“Okay. If you want to do this thing with Marcus then fine. Iâ€™ll take it and deal with it. But when he hurts you. When he lets you down, Iâ€™ll be here. My arms are always open for you to run into. I want you happy and if you think this ***** will make you happy then fine. You need to live a little too. I canâ€™t protect you from everything, but I can be here to hold you when he breaks your heart.”
“Itâ€™s pretty impossible to hurt what Death protects.”

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