The Dark Monk Quotes

“Sometimes belief is the best potion.”
― Oliver Potzsch, The Dark Monk

“Jakob Kuisl loved peace and quiet, and nothing was as peaceful as a winter evening after it had snowed all day. It felt as if the snow had swallowed up every sound, leaving emptiness that overcame any thoughts, worries, strivings—leaving only space for quiet meditation.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“Simon loved the bitter aroma that made it possible for him to think clearly. With coffee he could solve the toughest of problems and now, more than ever, he needed some.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“I’ve always tried to create an awareness in my children that a family is more than just a father and mother, that it can be a large community, a place of refuge—and an endless treasure trove of stories.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“We delight in marvelous things. One proof of that is that everyone embellishes somewhat when telling a story in the assumption he is pleasing his listener.” —ARISTOTLE, Poetics, XXIV”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“With coffee he could solve the toughest of problems and now, more than ever, he needed some.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“Alongside him, Benedikta was humming a little French song. Belle qui tiens ma vie, captive dans tes yeux… Simon noticed how hearing her voice warmed the cockles of his heart. True, he understood only half the words, but the mere sound of the foreign tongue was enough to overwhelm him with wanderlust.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“There was a lot to learn about the rise and fall of the Templars. He read that they had even lent money to the Pope and that they had been almost invincible in battle, a band with strange rites and customs whose members had sworn allegiance to one another, who had flung themselves headlong into battle for God, and who were even admired by their enemies for their bravery.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“The Templars were the most powerful and richest organization that the world has ever known. They started out as a small order of knights during the Crusades whose actual purpose was to protect pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

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― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“Kuisl”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“Two knights. One horse.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk

“This is what I discovered among men as the greatest wonder, that the earth did not exist, nor the sky above, nor trees, nor mountains, nor any other thing, and the sun did not burn, the moon did not shine, and the beautiful ocean did not sparkle.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Dark Monk