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1 " Life is too precious to be left to chance "
― Walter Moers , The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1)
2 " I could hear it from far away, that sound which only very big cities can produce: a sound consisting of all sounds rolled into one: the hum of voices and the cries of animals, bells ringing and the chink of coins, children's laughter and hammers beating metal, knives and forks clattering and a thousand doors slamming - the grandiose sound of life, of birth and death, itself. "
3 " On horseback you feel as if you're moving in time to classical music; a camel seems to progress to the beat of a drum played by a drunk. "
4 " WI felt I ought to comment on that, but nothing occurred to me. "
5 " Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated the fact that half the week was over. "
6 " A bluebear has twenty-seven lives. I shall recount thirteen-and-a-half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest. A bear must have his secrets, after all; they make him seem attractive and mysterious. "
7 " I never trained, however, because I was a spontaneous talent. Practising spoiled my style. "
8 " I had dispensed with a rudder on the principal that fate must be given a chance. "
9 " Knowledge is night! "
10 " That's the reward for your good deed,' I explained, 'a clear conscience. It really perks you up. "
11 " It's quite simple, just follow the dotted line," the Planmaker explained. "Don't let any bad idea lead you astray. Don't let them persuade you to take a short cut or take one yourself. Life is a winding path. One sometimes has to make detours. That's my humble opinion, anyway. "
12 " People always covet what they themselves do not possess. "
13 " Beneath me lay the Lake of Oblivion, above me loomed Insanity. "
14 " Da ist auch noch ein anderer Geruch in der Luft, der Geruch von Feuern, die in der Ferne brennen, mit einem Hauch Zimt darin - so riecht das Abenteuer! "
15 " He wasn't such a bad fellow after all. The rudiments of self-improvement and the intention to achieve it were definitely present. "
16 " I know people whose lives have been transformed by a good deed. "
17 " ...I simply wasn't born to remain in the same place for evermore... "
18 " There are times when the truth is the worst possible thing you can come out with. "
19 " When bad habits become a habit, you have to turn over a new leaf. "
20 " The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily. "
