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Quotes About Peace

Everything was dead quiet, and it looked late, and smelt late. You know what I mean–I don't know the words to put it in.
~ Mark Twain
Good books, good friends, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
~ Mark Twain
But I never stated not anything, by no means allow on; stored it to myself; it's the high-quality way; you then don't haven't any quarrels, and don't get into no trouble.
~ Mark Twain
If they wanted us to call them kings and dukes, I hadn't no objections, 'long as it'd keep peace inside the family; and it warn't no need to tell Jim, so I didn't tell him.  If I in no way learnt not anything else out of pap, I learnt that the exceptional manner to get alongside along with his type of people is to let them have their personal way.
~ Mark Twain
Credit, that rare bird of security and peace, rested with none, but stood with upraised wings, ready to fly off at the first rumor of suspicion.
~ Mark Twain
We were on the north shore. There, the rocks on the bottom are sometimes gray, sometimes white. This gives the marvelous transparency of the water a fuller advantage than it has elsewhere on the lake. We usually pushed out a hundred yards or so from shore, and then lay down on the thwarts, in the sun, and let the boat drift by the hour whither it would. We seldom talked. It
~ Mark Twain
We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another. Our burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness is the guide that leads us through many troubles and mistakes to the peace which is a true Celestial City.
~ Mark Twain
Tolstoy carelessly neglects to include a boat race.
~ Mark Twain on War and Peace
recovery from mental illness depended on the goodness, mercy, and rational behavior of others, we'd all be screwed. Peace of mind is inversely proportional to expectations. It's possible within any given moment of any given day to choose between self and sickness.
~ Mark Vonnegut
No gunfire, famine, or flies. Just lots of toothpaste, gardening and people stuff.
~ Mark Z. Danielewski
The Intelligence Services of East and West have given Europe over fifty years of peace - the longest the Continent has ever known. They did so by keeping their leaders from being surprised.
~ Markus Wolf
Now more than ever, 33 Himmel Street was a place of silence, and it did not go unnoticed that the Duden Dictionary was completely and utterly mistaken, especially with its related words. Silence was not quiet or calm, and it was not peace.
~ Markus Zusak
The silence was always the greates temptation.
~ Markus Zusak
There was also an acknowledgment that there was great beauty in what she was currently witnessing, and she chose not to disturb it.
~ Markus Zusak
Clay - who was the quiet one, or the smiler - only turned, one last time, and stared across the sunlit district of statues, crosses, and gravestones. They looked like runners-up trophies. Every last one.
~ Markus Zusak
Duden Dictionary Meaning #2 Verzeihung - Forgiveness: to stop feeling anger, animosity, or resentment.
~ Markus Zusak
El silencio siempre era la mayor de las tentaciones.
~ Markus Zusak
She slept a lot and didn't dream, and on most occasions she was sorry to wake up. Everything disappeared when she was asleep.
~ Markus Zusak
Say a prayer at the stones of home
~ Markus Zusak
Ayak seslerimiz yank?lan?yordu ve bitmesini istemiyordum. KoÅŸmak, gülmek ve sonsuza dek böyle hissetmek istiyordum. Yapt???m?z ÅŸeyin gerçekliÄŸi etimize saplan?p bizi durdurduÄŸunda herhangi bir huzursuzluk yaÅŸamak istemiyordum. Orada, o anda kalmak, ne diyeceÄŸimizi veya ne yapaca??m?z? bilmediÄŸimiz baÅŸka yerlere gitmemek istiyordum.
~ Markus Zusak
Who could step in while I take a break in your stock-standard resort-style vacation destination, whether it be tropical or of the ski trip variety? The answer, of course, is nobody
~ Markus Zusak
Even the enemies were an inch away from friendship.
~ Markus Zusak
El silencio no era quietud o calma, y desde luego no era paz.
~ Markus Zusak
A small, sad hope No-one wanted to bomb Himmel Street. No-one would bomb a place named after heaven, would they? Would they?
~ Markus Zusak