Andringa Quotes & Sayings

Walling herself off circumvented the risk of real closeness between two people and the eventual, unavoidable loss that always accompanies love. Liberating herself from the concern of others served a sinister purpose as well. There were fewer people to whom Anna was accountable. It's the easiest way to lie and not get caught: make yourself matter to no one — Jill Alexander Essbaum

Study first, play afterwards. — Daniel D. Palmer

When the wisdom speaks, be quite and listen! When the stupidity speaks, stand up and leave! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt. — Joseph Joubert

Historically, the East was more concerned with understanding the mind and the West was more involved in understanding matter. — Dalai Lama XIV

I'm divorced and I've been to the circus and seen the clowns. This ain't my first rodeo. — Naomi Judd

The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability. — August Bournonville

Do you think there'll be someone in the Xanti who'll remember your mother?"
Finn blew on the embers. "I don't know. We may not find the Xanti," he warned her.
Maia shrugged. "It doesn't matter. But if we do, will they accept me? I don't have any Indian blood."
"If they don't, we won't stay. I wouldn't let anything happen to you. I've got my gun."
"I'm not scared," said Maia. And she wasn't. She'd been scared of the nastiness of the twins and of being shut up in the Carters' bungalow, but she wasn't scared of traveling through unknown lands with a boy hardly older than she was herself. She thought perhaps she wouldn't be scared of anything ever again if she was with Finn. — Eva Ibbotson

The lesson of the falling leaves
the leaves believe
such letting go is love
such love is faith
such faith is grace
such grace is god
i agree with the leaves — Lucille Clifton

Becoming a vegan is a sure way of completely avoiding participation in the abuse of farmed animals. Vegans are a living demonstration of the fact that we do not need to exploit animals for food. — Peter Singer