Die schönsten Buchzitate (Seite 8)

Es kämpfe jeder seine Schlacht allein.

Es leben Götter, die den Hochmut rächen!

Hier gilt es, Schütze, deine Kunst zu zeigen: Das Ziel ist würdig und der Preis ist groß.

Das war ein Schuss! Davon wird man noch reden in den spätesten Zeiten.

"Du hast mich gerettet, Kleines." Er strich mir eine Strähne aus dem Gesicht und zwang mich sanft, ihm in die Augen zu sehen. "Mit dir finde ich immer den Weg nach Hause."

Auf das Mädchen mit der unsterblichen Seele, einem Lächeln, bei dem die Sonne aufging, und den dicksten Eiern, die die Welt je gesehen hat.

Es ist keine Schande, etwas nicht zu wissen, aber es ist eine, nichts lernen zu wallen.

"Manchmal hasse ich diese Stadt."
"Die Stadt oder die Menschen?"
"Beides", grummelte Juna.

"Ist es nicht seltsam", murmelte der Gefangene. Die Schärfe in seiner Stimme. "Diese Ketten sagen deutlich, dass ich hier der Gefangene bin. Und doch..." Er funkelte mich verschwörerisch an. "...ist es vielleicht genau anders herum."

Ich werde immer bei dir sein - nur ein Gedanke entfernt - und über dich wachen, wo auch immer ich gerade bin.

Tut mir leid, dass ich keine Zeit hatte, dir eine Brieftaube zu schicken, nachdem Libarius dich ins Exil verbannt hat.

"Do you intend to destroy this world?"
Trazyn dismissed the phos-glyph panel of research notes, folded his hands and looked at the diminished librarian.
"That's what you want to know?"
"Yes, it would make my mind easier."
"Let me put it this way. I was here when this whole island was forest. When waves lapped on what is now Embassy Row. A time before pollutants hazed the air and monsoon rains came naturally, not via cloud-seeding." He paused. "So when you ask whether I intend to destroy this world, my question to you is: do you truly need the help?"

"Trazyn. Our ships are without atmosphere, unpressurised," Orikan said. "Do orks… breathe?" A pause. "They have lungs." Prepare to repel boarders, Orikan signalled. In case.

Ich träume mit offenen Augen.

I dream with my eyes open.

Die kreative Macht der Natur ist dem menschlichen Instinkt zur Zerstörung weit überlegen.

Nature's creative power is far beyond man's instinct of destruction.

Es ist sinnvoll zu reisen, wenn man neue Dinge sehen möchte.

It's really useful to travel, if you want to see new things.

Es ist am klügsten, von Anfang an vom Schlimmsten auszugehen... und sich von allem besseren überraschen zu lassen.

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning... and let anything better come as a surprise.

Einsamkeit und Isolation sind schmerzhafte Erfahrungen, die kein Mensch ertragen sollte.

Solitude, isolation, are painful things and beyond human endurance.

Wissenschaft, mein Freund, besteht aus Fehlern. Fehlern, die gemacht werden müssen, um der Wahrheit Schritt für Schritt näher zu kommen.

Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.

Ohne den Donner hätten Menschen wenig Angst vor Blitzen.

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

Wir können menschliche Gesetze in Frage stellen, aber wir können Naturgesetzen nicht widerstehen.

We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.

Ein echter Engländer macht keine Scherze, wenn es um so etwas ernstes wie eine Wette geht.

A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.

Und dann kam dem Grinch 'ne ganz neue Idee:
"Ist Weihnachten doch nicht nur Essen und Schenken?
Ist Weihnachten... doch noch mehr?" musste er denken.

Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before
What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store
What if Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!

Am wahrscheinlichsten aber, glaub ich, wird sein:
Sein Herz war einfach zwei Nummern zu klein.

But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

Welcome Christmas. Bring your cheer,
Cheer to all Whos, far and near.

Nichts auf der Welt ist so stark wie ein gütiges Herz.

Nothing in the world is so strong as a kind heart.

But only be good, dear, only be brave, only be kind and true always, and then you will never hurt any one, so long as you live, and you may help many, and the big world may be better because my little child was born.

Dearest says that is the best kind of goodness; not to think about yourself, but to think about other people.

And that is best of all, Ceddie, it is better than everything else, that the world should be a little better because a man has lived - even ever so little better, dearest.

It had never occurred to his honest, simple little mind that there were people who could forget kindnesses.

To see each of his ugly, selfish motives changed into a good and generous one by the simplicity of a child was a singular experience.

She said that perhaps it was not so easy to be very rich; that if any one had so many things always, one might sometimes forget that every one else was not so fortunate, and that one who is rich should always be careful and try to remember.

When a man is very good and knows a great deal, he is elected president.

He knew nothing of earls and castles; he was quite ignorant of all grand and splendid things; but he was always lovable because he was simple and loving. To be so is like being born a king.

Everything was not as picturesque when seen near by, as it looked from a distance. She had found idleness and poverty and ignorance where there should have been comfort and industry.

Dreams were a treacherous ground on which to build.

Pain was as much a part of knighthood as were swords and shields.

I am going to clout you in the ear so hard your head will turn around backwards, and you'll spend the rest of your life looking at where you've been.

A hedge knight must hold tight to his pride. Without it, he was no more than a sellsword.

Better a beggar than a thief.

All men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned.

Egg has the truth of it. Aerion's quite the monster. He thinks he's a dragon in human form, you know. That's why he was so wroth at that puppet show. A pity he wasn't born a Fossoway, then he'd think himself an apple and we'd all be a deal safer, but there you are.

Why give a horse to a man who cannot ride?

A Hedge Knight is the truest kind of knight, Dunk. Other Knights serve the Lords who keep them, or from whom they hold their lands, but we serve where we will, for men whose causes we believe in. Every Knight swears to protect the weak, but we keep the vow the best, I think.

"A great battle is a terrible thing," the old knight said, "but in the midst of blood and carnage, there is sometimes also beauty, beauty that could break your heart."

Hard things only grow harder if you put them off.

"Outwitted by a boy of ten." Dunk looked at Egg and silently mouthed the words "clout in the ear". The boy grinned.

Is that gallantry I smell, or just stupidity? The two scents are much alike, as I recall.

My brothers have my measure when it comes to fighting and dancing and thinking and reading books, but none of them is half my equal at lying insensible in the mud.

Dunk the lunk, thick as a castle wall.