Achterhuis Boekenkast Quotes & Sayings

It's dizzying to think how huge the world is, or to realize how tiny you are — Pedro Juan Gutierrez

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black. — James Baldwin

What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos.
Have a nice day. — Neil DeGrasse Tyson

The brilliant creative core of capitalism ... is the story the entrepreneurs and capital investors tell themselves about the future. How they intend to alter it, what they expect to gain in return, where they will raise the capital to accomplish their vision. Many of their stories turn out to be flawed or mistaken, of course, but the capacity to envision a set of future events and then act to fulfill them is a central source of capitalism's strength and its dominance of society. — William Greider

The picture alone, without the written word, leaves half the story untold. — James Lafferty

His lips are soft and warm and fit mine like the answer to an equation I didn't know I was trying to solve. — Kiersten White

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts. — Bill Watterson

Any abundance, in any amount, is illusory if it does not safeguard its producers. — Wendell Berry

I smell fennel," Launcelot said. "That reminds me, I should tell you I have discovered a specific for maims. You take salt, good-quality river mud, and bee urine, and slather it on the maim and hold it there for two days. Works like a charm. Gathering the bee urine is a bit of a bore. — Donald Barthelme

When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed. — Quincy Jones

The sudden appearance of pain and pressure are not indicative of an injury, but of the presence of suppressed emotions. — Heidi DuPree