Anoek Van Quotes & Sayings

He wasn't mad, he was sad. — Lionel Shriver

In order to gain their freedom, survivors may have to give up almost everything else. Battered women may lose their homes, their friends, and their livelihood. Survivors of childhood abuse may lose their families. Political refugees may lose their homes and their homeland. Rarely are the dimensions of this sacrifice fully recognized. — Judith Lewis Herman

It is a fine thing when a man who thoroughly understands a subject is unwilling to open his mouth. — Yoshida Kenko

We muddle along, we let life happen to us, we gradually build up a store of memories. There is the question of accumulation, but not in the sense that Adrian meant, just the simple adding up and adding on of life. And as the poet pointed out, there is a difference between addition and increase. — Julian Barnes

People are increasingly beginning to feel that democracy itself is being destroyed by this latest phase of globalization and that politics doesn't matter because it changes nothing. — Tariq Ali

Movies are written in sand: applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. — D.W. Griffith