Ich habe sie Erfahrung gemacht, dass die Menschen aus vielen verschiedenen Schichten von Geheimnissen bestehen. Man glaubt sie zu kennen, sie zu verstehen, aber ihre wahren, innersten Beweggründe bleiben einem immer verborgen.
Veronica Roth
Related Geschichten, das wusste Jude, waren wertvoll, denn sie halfen einem, die Welt zu verstehen. Sie lenk... CHRISTOPH MARZI Vielleicht finden es manche schade, dass sie weniger Narben hinterlässt, dass sich weniger Leute an... JOHN GREEN Der Wahnsinn ist nur die Kehrseite der Macht, beide Ungeheuer wurden erschaffen, um einander zu näh... FAWZI MELLAH Bilde deine Mitarbeiter so gut aus, dass sie gehen können. Behandle sie so gut, dass bleiben wollen... CARSTEN K. RATH Lucas beobachtete, wie Helen aus dem Haus rannte und in Claires Wagen sprang. Sie sah erschöpft und... JOSEPHINE ANGELINI Wenn Leute uns ermutigen, unsere Träume zu verfolgen, dann warnt uns niemand davor, was passiert, w... ADRIANA POPESCU Aber sie halten es für eine Legende!' 'Weil sie es dafür halten wollen. Vielleicht würden si... KAI MEYER Viele Menschen sind gut genug erzogen, um nicht mit vollem Mund zu sprechen, aber sie haben keine Be... ORSON WELLES Ich habe noch nie so lebendige Kinder gesehen (...) . Sie haben weniger als die meisten Kinder in me... JOHN STRELECKY Wann immer ich vom Leben den Status quo erwarte, taucht etwas ganz unerwartetes auf. Die Weltgeschic... ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER Meiner Erfahrung nach werden die meisten Probleme im Leben dadurch verursacht, dass entscheidende In... BRANDON SANDERSON Wir sind gewohnt dass die Menschen verhöhnen was sie nicht verstehen. (Goethe)—We are used to see... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Menschen konnten nichts anderes sein als Menschen. Sie zogen sich Roben an oder Handschellen und tat... JULI ZEH Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten, habe ich geschwiegen; ich war ja kein Kommunist. MARTIN NIEMöLLER Wie es im Zeitalter der Könige naiv gewesen wäre zu glauben, dass der erstgeborene Königssohn der... J.M. COETZEE Olaf hielt sich keineswegs für etwas Besonderes; seine Heavy-Metal-Kutte und die schwarzen T-Shirts... JULI ZEH Die Kirche muss erkennen, dass sich die Erde weiter dreht. Nachdem wir es immerhin geschafft haben, ... HELMUT SCHüLLER Nahestehende zu überleben erfordert eine besondere Art von Mut, sagte sie leise. KATE MOSSE Sie kannst du vielleicht täuschen, aber mich nicht." Er sah mich von der Seite an. Offenbar h... SAMANTHA YOUNG Schließlich sagte ich leise: "Wie kommt's, dass du so weise bist, Effie?" "Ich habe es siebenu... SAMANTHA YOUNG Verstehst du, Frauen sind wie Feuer, wie Flammen. Manche Frauen sind wie Kerzen, hell und freundlich... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Mädchen kriegen Titten und vergessen, wie klug und mutig sie einmal waren. Auch Jungen haben ihre e... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Sind sie vorbestraft? Du lieber Himmel ich wußte gar nicht, dass das immer noch nötig ist." Britis... ERIC IDLE Ein Traum ist nichts anderes, als eine mögliche Wirklichkeit, die nur darauf wartet, stattzufinden.... JOHN STRELECKY Niemand schien zu merken, daß er, indem er Zeit sparte, in Wirklichkeit etwas ganz anderes sparte. ... MICHAEL ENDE Geschichten sind die Essenz des Lebens, Apolonia", sagte er, so ernst wie immer, und sie hatte das G... JENNY-MAI NUYEN . Aber sie tatens. ER überlebte länger, aber beide hielten sich lange. Zwei der neuen SF Serien we... STAR TREK Auf dem allerersten Foto, das von mir geschossen wurde, liege ich auf der Säuglingsstation, eingewi... RAZIEL REID Ich erinnere mich noch an Ihre Worte: „Die Welt ist ein Schlachthaus und ein Bordell.“ Damals sc... ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER Wie einer, der auf fremden Meeren fuhr, so bin ich bei den ewig Einheimischen; die vollen ... RAINER MARIA RILKE Ich habe immer gedacht, dass ich die seltsamste Person auf dieser Welt bin, aber später dachte ich,... FRIDA KAHLO Verliebtheiten werden maßlos überschätzt. Verliebtheiten bestehen zu fünfundvierzig Prozent aus ... PETER HøEG Strahlend wie ein Kind unter dem Weihnachtsbaum sagte sie: "Ihr raucht zum Spaß, ich rauche, um zu ... JOHN GREEN Am Anfang merkt man noch nicht viel davon. Man hat eines Tages keine Lust mehr irgendetwas zu tun. N... MICHAEL ENDE Wenn die Menschen wüssten, was der Tod ist, dann hätten sie keine Angst mehr vor ihm. Und wenn sie... MICHAEL ENDE Aber glaubt mir, dass man Glück und Zuversicht selbst in Zeiten der Dunkelheit zu finden vermag. Ma... J.K. ROWLING Aber man lebt nicht ewig in einem Alptraum. Der Mensch hat die Fähigkeit, selbst in den abnormalste... NATASCHA KAMPUSCH Kinder machen sich Phantasievorstellungen von ihren Vätern, formen sie sich nach ihren kindlichen B... SALMAN RUSHDIE auf einem spielplatz im park hat sich ein junges paar auf zwei schaukeln gesetzt und führt ein lang... DAVID RAMIRER Alle meine gestohlenen Bücher tuschelten nachts miteinander, erzählten die Geschichten ihrer Entf�... CORDULA SIMON Reue ist kontraproduktiv. Etwas bereuen heißt, mit einer gewissen Bitterkeit auf Vergangenes zurüc... COLLEEN HOOVER Träume und Märchen waren ihr eigentlicher Lebensinhalt, dachte ich jetzt. Deshalb hat sie sich auc... THOMAS BERNHARD Das pädagogische Bedenken: „Darf man Kinder mit dem Hokuspokus afrikanischer Zauberer und böser ... WALTER MEHRING Aber das hat dich krank gemacht, fuhr sie fort. Nicht sein Tod, sondern das danach. KATE MOSSE Schmetterlinge sehen ihre Flügel auch nicht, trotzdem haben sie welche. Sie wissen nicht, wie schö... ADRIANA POPESCU [...] dass es völlig hirnrissig ist, etwas für andere Menschen zu tun, weil man selbst ein Mensch ... JULI ZEH Nein, fair ist das nicht, aber dass die Erde sich wie die Hölle anfühlt, liegt an unserer Erwartun... CHUCK PALAHNIUK Aber eigentlich müsste ich inzwischen genug über Verluste wissen, um zu begreifen, dass man nie wi... ALYSON NOEL Am Ende, schloss ich, glauben die Menschen an ein Leben nach dem Tod, weil sie das Gegenteil nicht e... JOHN GREEN Sie entsann sich, wie sie an einem heißen Julitag unter dem Baum gesessen hatte an der Seite von je... NICHOLAS SPARKS Mit zunehmender Industrialisierung hört die Maschine auf, bloßes Werkzeug zu sein, beginnt ein Eig... HEIDE SCHöNEMANN Er macht mir Angst", gestand ich ihr. Sie gab ein Prustton von sich. "Bei mir ist er die Liebe... SAMANTHA YOUNG Im frühen Mittelalter, im Anschluss an die Kreuzzüge, entwickelte sich dann die deutsche Alraunsag... HANNS HEINZ EWERS Die Tatsache, dass wahre Schönheit mit Selbstvergessenheit zu tun hatte, passte zum seltsamen Humor... JULI ZEH Der Politik trauen wir nicht von hier bis zur nächsten Türklinke, aber sie soll bitte schön für ... PEER STEINBRüCK Auch, wenn ihre Nachbarn litten - solange das Leid nicht bei ihnen selbst Einkehr hielt, zogen sie e... MARC LEVY Aber jede noch so kleine Verbesserung meines Zustandes entfernte mich weiter von George, und in Wahr... KATE MOSSE In Wirklichkeit war ich schon wach, aber ich hielt noch die Augen zu, um die Traaumgestalten noch l�... ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO Nachdem sie sich ihr Sandwich aus dem Automaten geholt und es ausgepackt hatte, schleppte Trace sie ... VANESSA SANGUE Ich selbst spiele nie Billard, [...],aber ich weiß, dass man den Ball hoch oder tief, rechts oder l... ROBERT MUSIL [Es gibt keine Pläne für einen Enterprise Film, aber die Schauspieler glauben auch, dass es nur ei... DOMINIC KEATING Es ist ein Unterschied, ob wir wissen das anderen Menschen Darsteller in unserem Leben sind, oder ob... JOHN STRELECKY Diese jungen Menschen hatten keine Wünsche, keine Überzeugungen, geschweige denn Ideale, sie streb... JULI ZEH Terror - manchmal offen ausgedrückt, doch meistens stillschweigend erkannt - schleicht sich in die ... KATHLEEN BARRY Ein Optimist ist ein Mensch, der ein Dutzend Austern bestellt, in der Hoffnung, sie mit der Perle, d... THEODOR FONTANE Dafür dass wir, wie auch die Tiere, von den Pflanzen leben, ja ohne sie nicht einmal atmen könnten... ERNST JüNGER Er entschied, noch einmal die Wahrheit zu sagen. Es war eine völlig neue Taktik für ihn, und viell... TERRY PRATCHETT Truhe hatte eine ganz einfache Strategie, um mit Dingen fertig zu werden, die sich zwischen ihr und ... TERRY PRATCHETT Wir lernen aus unserer eigenen Geschichte, wozu der Mensch fähig ist. Deshalb dürfen wir uns nicht... RICHARD VON WEIZSäCKER Wir Juden haben die Völker mit einem ewigen Gott belastet, und darum hassen sie uns. ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER A noble soul alone can noble souls attract;
And knows alone, as ye, to hold them.
[Ger., Ein e... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated,
Especially since it lives and lets me live.
[Ger... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Ich bin enttäuscht ... Ich Ich hätte möglicherweise drei weitere Staffeln gemacht. Ich hätte wah... DOMINIC KEATING Ich bin enttäuscht ... Ich Ich hätte möglicherweise drei weitere Staffeln gemacht. Ich hätte wah... DOMINIC KEATING Kann man Selbstbewusstsein eigentlich irgendwo in einer Dose kaufen? Du scheinst das ja zu löffeln ... MARTINA RIEMER Das Bild vom Wirtschaftsgeschehen als einem Wettlauf oder Wettkampf ist in seinen Details etwas vers... J.M. COETZEE Wenn die Menschen wüssten, was der Tod ist, dann hätten sie keine Angst mehr vor ihm. MICHAEL ENDE Inzwischen hätten sie Bürokratie und Steuern erfinden können, um die Bürger mit wahrem Kummer zu... TERRY PRATCHETT Du kannst ihn nicht mehr enttäuschen, er ist nicht mehr da.“ Riley knallte sein Glas auf die... JAYDEN V. REEVES Die meisten Lügen sind wahr und spinnen sich von ganz allein, kaum jemand kannte diese Wahrheit bes... CHRISTOPH MARZI Könnte ich es sagen und lehren, so wäre ich ein Weiser. So aber bin ich nur ein Fährmann und mein... HERMANN HESSE Er erkundigte sich nach Agnes. Sie sei weggegangen, sagte ich, und er lächelte anzüglich. "Sie geh... PETER STAMM Ich bilde schon lange keine Meinungen mehr. Ich sage Dinge, weil sie besser klingen als andere, die ... JULI ZEH In Begleitung von erlesenen Schmerzen.« Rincewind zögerte. Er war ziemlich sicher, die Bedeutung d... TERRY PRATCHETT Im Verlaufe nicht nur der ökonomischen, sondern auch der politischen Globalisierung kann das kardin... HELMUT SCHMIDT Ich liebe die großen Verachtenden, weil sie die großen Verehrenden sind und Pfeile der Sehnsucht n... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Wir hätten Freunde werden können, aber du weißt, wie es mit Freundschaften gehen kann. Enttäusch... KAI MEYER Die Fixierung auf die Defizite erwächst immer aus einem Mangel! CARSTEN K. RATH Die großartigste Fähigkeit des menschlichen Geistes ist vielleicht die, mit Schmerzen fertig zu we... PATRICK ROTHFUSS Wie wohlhabend, wie einflussreich sie waren, wie sie prosperiert hatten unter einer Regierung, die s... IAN MCEWAN Die Toten hinterlassen ihre Schatten, einen Nachhall des Raumes, den sie einst bewohnten. Sie suchen... KATE MOSSE Fürst! Was Sie sind, sind Sie durch Zufall und Geburt, was ich bin, bin ich durch mich. Fürsten ha... LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Wie sehr wollte ich sie vor dem Schmerz des Erinners bewahren. KATE MOSSE Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.
[Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugel... JEAN PAUL RICHTER Firnis lächelte gütig. "Bücher sind lebendige Wesen", sagte er, "und wenn man ganz in sie eintauc... CHRISTOPH MARZI Du musst dir die Haare schneiden lassen", murmelte Sascha. Er küsste sie nocheinmal und läche... NALINI SINGH Aber eins weiß ich mit Sicherheit: Dass wir das Leben führen, für das wir uns entscheiden. Dass w... LILLY LINDNER Den Haag, das zu jener Zeit um die vierzigtausend Einwohner zählte, nennt Diderot das schönste Dor... W.G. SEBALD Alte Männer sind eine rachsüchtige Brut. Sie beneiden junge Männer um ihre Kraft und verübeln ju... EMILIA POLO Die Realität in den 1960ern waren total anders. Um zu kommunizieren schrieben wir Briefe auf unsere... STAR TREK
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Sometimes it threatens to destroy us. VERONICA ROTH All three combined is...a different kind of stupid formerly unheard of by humankind. VERONICA ROTH My natural tendency toward sarcasm is still not appreciated. VERONICA ROTH Lynn, she saved half our faction from this stuff," says Marlene, tapping the bandage on her a... VERONICA ROTH His absence will haunt their hallways, and he will be a space they can't fill. And then time will pa... VERONICA ROTH That our world is so massive that it is completely out of our control, that we cannot possibly be as... VERONICA ROTH . . . in the distance I hear a train rushing over the rails, but we are moving away from this place ... VERONICA ROTH How many different kinds of ruin do you have to see, before you resign yourself to calling it all 'r... VERONICA ROTH She is a woman of muscle twisted around bone. VERONICA ROTH This concept could easily have gone awry. Stories about love tend to go that way sometimes. They wan... VERONICA ROTH It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train alr... VERONICA ROTH Everything - our houses, our clothes, our hairstyles - is meant to help us forget ourselves and to p... VERONICA ROTH What did you do?" I scream. "You die, I die too. VERONICA ROTH His fingers slide into my hair, and I hold on to his arms to stay steady as we press together like t... VERONICA ROTH There's a reason why she left them, Lauren," he says. His voice is deep, and it rumbles. "What's you... VERONICA ROTH I deposited Drew at the infirmary a half hour ago. VERONICA ROTH I would like to experience this 'date' phenomenon. VERONICA ROTH And don't call me 'Four', okay? It's nice to hear my name again. VERONICA ROTH I push open the door just as Tobias, who is sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out, hurls a... VERONICA ROTH I have a scar - a faint gouge in my knee from when I fell down on the sidewalk as a child. It's alwa... VERONICA ROTH In them we find administrators and teachers and counselors and leaders and protectors. In them we fi... VERONICA ROTH I have to get out. VERONICA ROTH Today you will choose your factions. Until this point you have followed your parents’ paths, your ... VERONICA ROTH she sighs, then breaks a piece off the muffin in my hand. 'Hey. There are plenty more just five feet... VERONICA ROTH Dauntless,' he says. 'I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming f... VERONICA ROTH His eyes search the crowd until they find my face. My heartbeat lives in my throat; lives in my chee... VERONICA ROTH If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'... VERONICA ROTH Tris," Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow. There is too much I ... VERONICA ROTH You die, I die too. VERONICA ROTH Whoa there, Tobias," says the man to my left. "Weren't you raised a Stiff? I thought the most you pe... VERONICA ROTH I fit my mouth to his and he tastes like water and smells like fresh air. I drag my hand from his ne... VERONICA ROTH Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you. VERONICA ROTH Why is your heart racing Tris? VERONICA ROTH You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't... VERONICA ROTH Your daughter is doing well here. I've been overseeing her training." Since when does "overseei... VERONICA ROTH I'll be your family now," he says. "I love you," I say. (....) He stares at me. I wait wi... VERONICA ROTH People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought. VERONICA ROTH Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible fate is one person willing to do something ab... VERONICA ROTH Now she looks pale and small, but her eyes make me think of wide- open skies that I have never actua... VERONICA ROTH I understand why she did all those things, but that doesn't mean we aren't still broken. VERONICA ROTH In the days that follow, it's movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay. VERONICA ROTH All I can do is stand still- I feel like if I just stand still, I can stop it from being true, I can... VERONICA ROTH I keep finding myself stifled by the company of others and then crippled by loneliness when I leave ... VERONICA ROTH Simulation Tobias kisses my neck. I try to think. I have to face the fear. I have to take... VERONICA ROTH He slides his hand over my cheek, one finger anchored behind my ear. Then he tilts his head down and... VERONICA ROTH Okay, okay.” I set my hand on top of his and guide it to my chest, so it’s right over my heart. ... VERONICA ROTH Resisting is worth doing. VERONICA ROTH Someone shouts, "Enough!" and I think too much and nothing at all. VERONICA ROTH I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest. VERONICA ROTH One thing I know: For helping me forget how awful the world is, I prefer her to alcohol. VERONICA ROTH I never used to understand why people bothered to hold hands as they walked, but then he runs one of... VERONICA ROTH It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without... VERONICA ROTH One choice can transform you. One choice can destroy you. Once choice will define you. VERONICA ROTH It is more important for you to be safe than right, for the time being. Understand? (...) But please... VERONICA ROTH Every faction conditions its members to think and act a certain way. And most people do it. For most... VERONICA ROTH My name is Four,” I say. “Call me ‘Stiff’ again and you and I will have a problem. VERONICA ROTH And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experien... VERONICA ROTH He turns toward me. I want to touch him, but I’m afraid of his bareness; afraid that he will make ... VERONICA ROTH Yeah, well," I say, "I left Abnegation because I wasn't selfless enough, no matter how hard I tried ... VERONICA ROTH Okay. Then...I can talk. Ask me something." "Okay." He laughs shakily in my ear. "Why is your h... VERONICA ROTH You nearly died today,' he says. 'I almost shot you. Why didn't you shoot me, Tris?' 'I couldn'... VERONICA ROTH I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Before I can lose my nerve, I turn and press my forehea... VERONICA ROTH We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for anothe... VERONICA ROTH Now i remember why I chose Dauntless. Not because they were brave or anything. But because they were... VERONICA ROTH The knife will only hurt for a moment. Then your choice will be made, and it will all be over. VERONICA ROTH Killing you is not the worst thing they can do to you," I say. "Controlling you is. VERONICA ROTH But you should know that about Dauntless- girl, guy, whatever, it doesn't matter here. What matters ... VERONICA ROTH