August von Platen-Hallermunde quotes

“True love is deemed to be the most tender of our emotions, as even the blind and deaf know; but I know, what few believe, that true friendship is more tender still.”
-- August von Platen-Hallermunde

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“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.”

“True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.”

“Montalbano felt moved. This was real friendship, Sicilian friendship, the kind based on intuition, on what was left unsaid. With a true friend, one never needs to ask, because the other understands on his own accordingly.”

Source : Andrea Camilleri (2012). “Inspector Montalbano: The first three novels in the series”, p.449, Pan Macmillan

“Perfectionism is a mean, frozen form of idealism, while messes are the artist's true friend.”

“True friendship is an unconditional, unselfish, reciprocal service not by lips, but heart to never let its in-built trust to ever fall apart.”

“The best part about having true friends is that you can go months without seeing them and they'll still be there for you and act as if you'd never left!”

“A true friend is one who likes you despite your achievements.”

“I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.”

“I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.”

Source : A. Lee Martinez (2007). “In the Company of Ogres”, p.133, Macmillan

“I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.”