Bartelss Quotes & Sayings

She was better with animals than people. Give her a sick cat or dog, she was golden. Not so much with her own species. — N. Raines

These books are my friends, my companions. — Christopher Paolini

Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who. — Jim Rohn

You can't expect the wolf to turn vegetarian because of one Pup. — Cornelia Funke

I believe that human overpopulation is the fundamental problem on Earth Today" and, "We humans have become a disease, the Humanpox — David Foreman

Head Start is designed to ensure that all children - regardless of their family's income, race, or ethnic background - are able to enter kindergarten ready to learn. — Lucille Roybal-Allard

The Mexicans have finally found a drug that white trash likes and can afford. And one thing you ain't never gonna run out of is white trash. — Don Winslow

No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control. — Stephen Kinzer

What the hell is going on?" I demand, craning my neck to look at Jeanine. "We agreed-cooperation in exchange for results! We agreed--"
"This is entirely separate from our agreement," says Jeanine, glancing at her watch. "This is not about you, Beatrice."
The door opens again.
Tobias walks in--limps in--flanked by Dauntless traitors. His face is bruised and there's a cut above his eyebrow. He does not move with his usual care; he's holding himself perfectly straight. He must be injured. I try not to think about how he got that way.
"What is this?" he says, his voice rough and creaky.
From screaming, probably.
My throat feels swollen.
"Tris," he says, and he lurches toward me, but the Dauntless traitors are too quick. They grab him before he can move more than a few steps. "Tris, are you okay?"
"Yeah," I say. "Are you?"
He nods. I don't believe him. — Veronica Roth

When there are enough people on the land to use it but not enough to husband it, then the wildness of the soil that we call fertility begins to diminish, and the soil itself begins to flee from us in water and wind. — Wendell Berry

A lot of suffering is just getting rid of dross in yourself, and lingering and hanging in the darkness is often - I say this against myself - a failure of imagination, to imagine the door into the light. — John O'Donohue

But the beauty of the woods, the incredible joy of it is too alluring to be ignored, and I could not stand to be away from it
indeed, still can't
and so I ran dogs simply to run dogs; to be in and part of the forest, the woods — Gary Paulsen

If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you. — Corrie Ten Boom

The guy who was standing said, "We don't want you here." Reacher said, "You're confusing me with someone who gives a shit what you want. — Lee Child