Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Sylvia Plath: (Boston (Massachusetts), 27 October 1932 – London, 11 February 1963). American poet, novelist and essayist. Although best known for her poetry, she also achieved fame with her semi-autobiographical novel The Bell Jar (‘The Glass Bell Jar’), which detailed her struggle with depression. After her suicide, she became an icon to many. Posthumously, she… Lees verder Sylvia Plath

March is a month of storm and lust.

If you gotta force it, just leave it alone. Relationships, friendships, ponytails.. Just leave it. Give people time. Give people space. Don’t beg anyone to stay. Let them roam. What’s meant for you will always be yours.

What do the characters in a book do when no one is reading it?

Just look at us. Everything is backwards. Everything is upside-down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and religion destroys spirituality.

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli: (Florence, Florentine Republic, 3 May 1469 – there, 21 June 1527) was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, military strategist, historian, poet, playwright and humanist based in Florence during the Italian Renaissance. He is considered the founder of modern political science. He was secretary of the Second Chancellery of the Florentine… Lees verder Machiavelli

Ayn Rand: Born Али́са Зино́вьевна Розенба́ум (Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum), (Saint Petersburg, 2 February 1905 – New York, 6 March 1982). American novelist and philosopher. She was the founder of Objectivism, a philosophical movement. She grew up in Russia and left for the United States in 1926, where she assumed American citizenship not much later. Just… Lees verder Ayn Rand

Willem Frederik Hermans: (Amsterdam, 1 September 1921 – Utrecht, 27 April 1995). Dutch writer mainly of novels, novellas and contemplative prose. Typical of Hermans’ work are the close literary construction and the coherence between narrative style, plot and theme, which is essentially knowledge-theoretical. The best known of his 13 novels are The Dark Room of… Lees verder Willem Frederik Hermans

Home is not where you come from, but where you want to die.

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music. Life is a lot like jazz – it’s best when you improvise.