It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow.

I encountered among my comrades the most varied human traits, from frankness to reserve, from goodness, uprightness and kindness, to brutality and baseness.

The person upon whom the schoolboys' attention centred was, of course, the Headmaster.

A love for humanity came over me, and watered and fertilised the fields of my inner world which had been lying fallow, and this love of humanity vented itself in a vast compassion.

Poor is the power of the lead that becomes bullets compared to the power of the hot metal that becomes types.

I did not know what it was to be happy for a whole day at a time, scarcely for an hour.

Among the delights of Summer were picnics to the woods.

He who does not understand a joke, he does not understand Danish.

The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.

I was not given to looking at life in a rosy light.

Being gifted needs courage.

Remove this quote from your collection“Humans are born to build something outrageous.

When you have civilized men fighting savages, you support the civilized men, no matter who they are.

There is no liberation without labor...and there is no freedom which is free.

A girl can do what she wants to do / And that's what I'm gonna do.

Telling about our lives is important for those who come after as, for those who will see our experience as part of their own historical struggle.

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.

Fashion may renew itself every six months but one thing remains the same: bouncers always wear black.

Don’t. Don’t play that game.” His brow pressed to hers. “When I heard you cry out . . . it was like a saber to the gut. I wanted to die.

Only love with its science makes us so innocent.