Aanslagbiljet Quotes & Sayings

My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton Foote, named for his father and great-grandfather, and I was named Albert Horton Foote, Jr. — Horton Foote

There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said. — Natasha Lyonne

Hitler's economic revolution in Germany had reduced financial considerations to a point where they played no role in economic or political decisions. — Carroll Quigley

At a certain age our parents offhandedly start telling us things we've never heard before, about themselves and their families, their upbringing and history. They're turning their lives into stories, trying to make sense of them in retrospect and pass them on while there's still time. You begin, embarrassingly belatedly, to see them as people with lives long preceding your own. — Tim Kreider

The bookshelf, like the book, has become an integral part of civilization as we know it, its presence in a home practically defining what it means to be civilized, educated, and refined. — Henry Petroski

Language, as much as land, is a place. To be cut off from it is to be, in a sense, homeless. — Lauren Collins

On my way home, I noticed a few mushrooms that had sprung up after the rain. They were perfect and intact because everyone knew they were poisonous. — Paulo Coelho

Later that evening in my diary, I wrote: I was exagerrating when I said I thought you hated the piece. What I meant to say was: I thought you hated me. I was hoping you'd persuade me of the opposite - and you did, for a while. Why won't I believe it tomorrow morning? — Andre Aciman

And with a cold shiver of dread, Fireheart realized that the new leader of ShadowClan was Tigerclaw. — Erin Hunter

Then he told me that I shouldn't worry too much about falling apart because the dark days only stayed dark until the sun came up. — Brittainy C. Cherry