#eve

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#again #any #being #ever #gave

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#church #contributions #entirely #family #forever

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

#happens #him #me #no turning back #president

I don't think I will ever do any tours again in the United States. I rather think that that's over with. ↗

— Norman Granz

#any #ever #i #over #rather

Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#anyone #born #certain #circumstances #era

Even bad books are books and therefore sacred. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#books #even #sacred #therefore

Everybody knows how fallible memory can sometimes be. You remember certain fragments precisely, but as soon as you try to join the fragments together, for a story, there is a certain - not falsification, but a shifting. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#everybody #fallible #fragments #how #join

I don't believe in writing at night because it comes too easily. When I read it in the morning it's not good. I need daylight to begin. Between nine and ten o'clock I have a long breakfast with reading and music. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#begin #believe #between #breakfast #clock

I was assigned to the Waffen-SS but was never involved in any crime. Besides, I always felt the need to write about my experiences in a larger context one day. This has only developed recently, now that I have overcome my inner aversion to writing an autobiography in the first place, specifically one having to do with my younger years. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#always #any #assigned #autobiography #aversion

In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also allows potentially threatening new words to develop, language needs the chance to constantly renew itself. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#allows #also #chance #changes #constantly