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“Of all the conceptions of pure bliss that people and poets have dreamed of, listening to the harmony of the spheres always seemed to me the highest and most intense. That is where my dearest and brightest dreams have ranged - to hear for the duration of a heartbeat the universe and the totality of life in its mysterious innate harmony. Alas, how is it that life can be so confusing and out of tune and false, how can there be lies, evil, envy and hate among people, when the shortest song and most simple piece of music preach that heaven is revealed in the purity, harmony and interplay of clearly sounded notes. And how can I upbraid people and grow angry when I myself, with all the good will in the world have been unable to make song and sweet music out of my life?”
― Hermann Hesse

“Definitely not a Gertrude.”
― Robert Liparulo, House of Dark Shadows

“You can do anything you put your mind to doing.”
― Gertrude Kerschner

“When I consider my life objectively, it does not seem particularly happy. Yet I cannot really call it unhappy, despite all my mistakes. After all, it is quite foolish to talk about happiness and unhappiness, for it seems to me that I would not exchange the unhappiest days of my life for all the happy ones.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

“So strange is the human being that in the midst of my new life and fulfilled wishes, I was sometimes aware of a slight, fleeting, subconscious desire for solitude, for even boring and empty days. It seemed to me that the time I had spent at home and the dreary uneventful life from which I was so glad to escape, was something desirable.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

“?ok uzun bir suskunluk d?neminin ard?ndan y¨¹re?imdeki selin ate?li esrikli?ine yeniden g?m¨¹lm¨¹?, duygular?n ?zg¨¹r y¨¹celiklerine, ac? ve sevincin birbirinden ayr?lamad???, ruhtaki t¨¹m k?zg?n ate?in ve g¨¹c¨¹n bir araya gelip tek bir aleve d?n¨¹?erek dimdik y¨¹kseldi?i o noktaya kadar ??km??t?m.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

“Tan???kl???m?z?n bu ak?am?nda, b¨¹t¨¹n bir ya?am? bu g¨¹zel ve i?tenlikli g?zlerin bak??? alt?nda gecirmenin insana mutluluk ba???layan g¨¹zel bir ?ey say?laca??n?, o zaman insan?n k?t¨¹ bir eyleme kalk??amayaca??n?, k?t¨¹ bir ?ey d¨¹?¨¹nemeyece?ini i?imden ge?irdim. Ve yine o ak?amdan sonra birlik ve b¨¹t¨¹nl¨¹?e, alabildi?ine ince bir ahenge y?nelik ?zlemimi dindirebilece?im bir yerin bulundu?unu, bak??lar?na ve sesine varl???mdaki her nab?z vuru?unun, her nefesin t¨¹m safl?k ve i?tenli?iyle yan?t verece?i birinin yery¨¹z¨¹nde ya?ad???n? biliyordum art?k.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

“Now, instead of being just attracted, I was really in love, and it seemed that a thin, grey veil had fallen from my eyes and that the world lay before me in its original divine light as it does to children, and as it appears to us in our dreams of Paradise.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

“Gen?ler d¨¹nya durduk?a ya?ayacaklar?na inan?rlar, bu y¨¹zden t¨¹m d¨¹?¨¹nce ve istekleri kendilerine y?neliktir. Ya?l?lar bir yerde son diye bir ?eyin bulundu?unu anlam??, bir kimsenin yaln?zca kendisi i?in sahip oldu?u, yaln?zca kendisi i?in yapt??? ?eyin sonunda bir delikten i?eri d¨¹?¨¹p hi?bir de?er ta??mayaca??n?n bilincine varm??lard?r.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

“I had a feeling that he was unhappy and that he had an undesired, powerful way of seizing on people as if he wanted to snatch something from them that would comfort him.”
― Hermann Hesse, Gertrude

“A little more than kin, and less than kind!”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“Seems,' madam? Nay, it is. I know not 'seems'. 'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, nor customary suits of solemn black, nor windy suspiration of forced breath, no, nor the fruitful river in the eye, nor the dejected 'haviour of the visage, together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, that can denote me truly. These indeed 'seem'; for they are actions that a man might play. But I have that within which passes show - these but the trappings and the suits of woe.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“Frailty, thy name is woman.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“This business is well ended.
My liege and madam, to expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is,
Why day is day, night night, and time is time,
Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief. Your son is mad. Mad I call it.
For, to define true madness,
What is't but to be nothing else but mad?
But let that go.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“What should a man do but be merry?
For look you how cheerfully my mother looks, and my father died within's two hours.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow. Your sister's drowned, Laertes.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“give order that these bodies
High on a stage by placed to the view.
And let me speak to the unknowing world
How these things came about. So shall you hear
Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,
Of accidental judgements, casual slaughters,
Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,
And, in this upshot, purposes mistook
Fallen on th'inventors' heads. All this can I
Truly deliver.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“But her role had changed; she was now available for marriage and her primary task was to find a mate. As Florence and Hugh Bell's daughter, she was expected to make an excellent match. And if there wasn't one here, at least she would learn how to conduct herself for the chase.”
― Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

“? una delle facolt¨¤ singolari e incomunicabili della religione cristiana, il poter indirizzare e consolare chiunque, in qualsivoglia congiuntura, a qualsivoglia termine, ricorra ad essa. Se al passato c¡¯¨¨ rimedio, essa lo prescrive, lo somministra, d¨¤ lume e vigore per metterlo in opera, a qualunque costo; se non c¡¯¨¨, essa d¨¤ il modo di far realmente e in effetto, ci¨° che si dice in proverbio, di necessit¨¤ virt¨´. Insegna a continuare con sapienza ci¨° ch¡¯¨¨ stato intrapreso per leggerezza; piega l¡¯animo ad abbracciar con propensione ci¨° che ¨¨ stato imposto dalla prepotenza, e d¨¤ a una scelta che fu temeraria, ma che ¨¨ irrevocabile, tutta la santit¨¤, tutta la saviezza, diciamolo pur francamente, tutte le gioie della vocazione. ? una strada cos¨¬ fatta che, da qualunque laberinto, da qualunque precipizio, l¡¯uomo capiti ad essa, e vi faccia un passo, pu¨° d¡¯allora in poi camminare con sicurezza e di buona voglia, e arrivar lietamente a un lieto fine. Con questo mezzo, Gertrude avrebbe potuto essere una monaca santa e contenta, comunque lo fosse divenuta. Ma l¡¯infelice si dibatteva in vece sotto il giogo, e cos¨¬ ne sentiva pi¨´ forte il peso e le scosse.”
― Alessandro Manzoni, I Promessi Sposi di Alessandro Manzoni Nelle Due Edizioni del 1840 e del 1825, Raffrontate Tra Loro, Vol. 1: Precede una Lettera di Ruggiero Bonghi

“She thinks, The boy has issues. He¡¯s no longer a surly, grumpy, malicious adolescent, rude to his elders, ¡°fat, and scant of breath.¡± Now he¡¯s a surly, grumpy, malicious adult, rude to his elders, ¡°fat, and scant of breath.¡± As a mother she finds this hard to admit, but she thinks her son is not quite right in the head. As a boy he played with imaginary friends; now he sees ghosts and dreams of dark plots and weird conspiracies.”
― Alberto Manguel, ÃÔÈ˹ÖÎï

“It is always annoying, however modest an opinion we may have of ourselves, to be classed as a probable example to universal rule.”
― E.F. Benson, The Rubicon