Mika Waltari quotes

Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting - changing its shape - like clay on a potter's wheel. Dress is changing, words, customs are changing, and people no longer believe in the gods - though they may fear them. Sinuhe, my friend, perhaps we were born to see the sunset of the world, for the world is already old, and twelve hundred years have passed since the building of the pyramids. When I think of this, I want to bury my head in my hands and cry like a child. (Mika Waltari)
Life is a hot day, perhaps death is a cool night. Life is a shallow bay, perhaps death is a clear, deep sea. View quote
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So foolish is the heart of man that he ever puts his hope in the future, learning nothing from his past errors and fancying that tomorrow must be better than today. View quote
Mika Waltari
During my life I have seen, known, and lost too much to be the prey of vain dread; and, as for the hope of immortality, I am as weary of that as I am of gods and kings. For my own sake only I write this; and herein I differ from all other writers, past and to come. View quote
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So much is man the slave of his heart that he will shut his eyes to what does not please him and believe all that he hopes. View quote
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A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul. View quote
Mika Waltari