Elzen Kliniek Quotes & Sayings

I used to say that the greatest gift you could ever give anyone is a book. But I don't say that anymore because I no longer think it's true. I now say that a book is the second greatest gift. I've come to believe that the greatest gift you can give people is to take the time to talk with them about a book you've shared. A book is a great gift; the gift of your interest and attention is even greater. — Will Schwalbe

You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people. — Elizabeth McCracken

Time is, as you are probably aware, merely a convenient fiction. There is no such thing as time. — E. Nesbit

I think the neoatheists have set atheism back a few decades. And I'm a self-described atheist. — Matt Stone

I didn't write about my mother much in the third year after she died. I was still trying to get my argument straight: When her friends or our relatives wondered why I was still so hard on her, I could really lay out the case for what it had been like to be raised by someone who had loathed herself, her husband, even her own name. — Anne Lamott

The Senate being tied is a start. Now, if only it could be gagged. — Bob Thaves

Life is short, so fall in love, dear maiden, before your youthful ardor cools off, for there is no tomorrow. — Atsushi

Get rid of all that is unnecessary. Wabi-sabi means treading lightly on the planet and knowing how to appreciate whatever is encountered, no matter how trifling, whenever it is encountered. [ ... ] In other words, wabi-sabi tells us to stop our preoccupation with success
wealth, status, power, and luxury
and enjoy the unencumbered life. Obviously, leading the simple wabi-sabi life requires some effort and will and also some tough decisions. Wabi-sabi acknowledges that just as it is important to know when to make choices, it is also important to know when not to make choices: to let things be. Even at the most austere level of material existence, we still live in a world of things. Wabi-sabi is exactly about the delicate balance between the pleasure we get from things and the pleasure we get from freedom of things. — Leonard Koren

As you know, the business is cyclic with styles. It's no different from clothing styles. — Juice Newton