Banierhuis Quotes & Sayings

Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate. — Oprah Winfrey

It was the custom in those days for passengers leaving for America to bring balls of yarn on deck. Relatives on the pier held the loose ends. As the "Giulia" blew its horn and moved away from the dock, a few hundred strings of yarn stretched across the water. People shouted farewells, waved furiously, held up babies for last looks they wouldn't remember. Propellers churned; handkerchiefs fluttered, and, up on deck, the balls of yarn began to spin. Red, yellow, blue, green, they untangled toward the pier, slowly at first, one revolution every ten seconds, then faster and faster as the boat picked up speed. Passengers held the yarn as long as possible, maintaining the connection to faces disappearing onshore. But finally, one by one, the balls ran out. The strings of yarn flew free, rising on the breeze. — Jeffrey Eugenides

What is courage? Courage is the willingness to risk failure ... There is only one danger I find in life, and that, indeed, is a real one. You may take too many precautions. — Alfred Adler

I shook my head. "No, I mean Animal Farm. You know: 'Some animals are more equal than other animals. — Robyn Schneider

I blink at myself. I could be a girl, a real girl. I could be a possibility, with Mikey. Couldn't I? — Kathleen Glasgow