He that does not fill a place at home, cannot abroad. He only goes there to hide his insignificance in a larger crowd. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every step you take will feel as if you were treading upon knife blades so sharp that blood must flow. I am willing to help you, but are you willing to suffer all this?" "Yes," the little mermaid said in a trembling voice, as she thought of the Prince and of gaining a human soul. - Hans Christian Andersen
I have gone through the most terrible affair that could possibly happen; only imagine, my shadow has gone mad; I suppose such a poor, shallow brain, could not bear much; he fancies that he has become a real man, and that I am his shadow. - Hans Christian Andersen
In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake. - Hans Christian Andersen
Many, many steeples would have to be stacked one on top of another to reach from the bottom to the surface of the sea. - Hans Christian Andersen
One cannot quite trust the word of potted flowers," thought the butterfly; "they have too much to do with men. - Hans Christian Andersen
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things. - Hans Christian Andersen
I felt violated after certain scenes in the movie [Stone]. She [Lucetta] is a tough character. The choices she makes, especially her sexual choices... it was hard for me to put myself out there like that. - Milla Jovovich
I think that's one of the only reasons God created celebrities. To help those who can't help themselves. - Milla Jovovich
Lots of pretty faces came and went over the years, but some stuck around and I happen to be one of them. - Milla Jovovich
America is an empire. I hope you know that now. All empires, by definition, are bumbling, shambolic, bullying, bureaucratic affairs, as certain of the rightness of their cause in infancy, as they are corrupted by power in their dotage. - Felix Dennis
As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true. - Felix Dennis
Discourse has ended in America. It's all just shouting and ranting and demonization. Do you know how the rest of the world laughs at you guys? Have you got any idea? They're just rocking with laughter night and day. - Felix Dennis
I'm so suspicious of our own understanding of the past. I just think that your mind plays absolute tricks on you and fools you every minute of every day. And so when you're talking about the past, you're talking about something that never happened. At least it didn't happen the way you think it happened. - Felix Dennis
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