Blijf Positief Quotes & Sayings

The words: never, can't, quit, and fail, are not in my vocabulary. — Robert Cheeke

So let me get this straight," Carter said. "The two guys you liked - one who was dying and one who was off-limits because he's a god - are now one guy, who isn't dying and isn't off-limits. And you're complaining. — Rick Riordan

I don't care if Rick Ross is 40 years old
he's a misguided 40-year-old person. — Talib Kweli

Words are like leaves, ... like people really, fond of their own society. — Jasper Fforde

They can cut all the flowers, but they can't stop the spring ... — Pablo Neruda

The real difference is that with fantasy - and by that I mean fantasy which can simultaneously tap into a cosmopolitan commonality at the same time as it springs from an individual and unique perspective. In this sort of fantasy, a mythic resonance lingers on - an harmonious vibration that builds in potency the longer one considers it, rather than fading away when the final page is read and the book is put away. Characters discovered in such writing are pulled from our own inner landscapes... and then set out upon the stories' various stages so that as we learn to understand them a little better, both the monsters and the angels, we come to understand ourselves a little better as well. — Charles De Lint

What man wanted a woman without fire, and vice-versa? — Stewart O'Nan

(On producer/consumer relationship in subsistence farming) This is the sort of interconnectedness that once defined every outpost across our emerging nation. But outposts grew into towns, towns grew into cities, and cities grew into metropolises, necessitating a push into resource bases far beyond these population centers. Even as this occurred, the conveniences of modern life--electricity, indoor plumbing, the automobile--took hold, further eroding any sense of shared responsibility for the community's survival. From the standpoint of our most basic needs, we became islands unto ourselves, despite the ever-increasing population density. — Ben Hewitt

I'm a man of strong physical needs, but I'm clearly a romantic at heart. — Victoria Dahl

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. — Moshe Dayan

My mistake has too often been that of too much haste. But it is not the people's way to hurry, nor is it God's way either. Hurry means worry, and worry effectually drives the peace of God from the heart. — James O. Fraser

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell. — Antonia Fraser