Erik Gunnar Asplund Quotes & Sayings

I believe in grace because I've seen it and peace because I've felt it and forgiveness because I've needed it. — George W. Bush

The Celtic belief that the souls of those whom we have lost are held captive in some inferior being, in an animal, in a plant, in some inanimate object and so effectively lost to us until the day (which to many never comes) when we happen to pass by the tree or to obtain possession of the object which forms their prison. Then they start and tremble, they call us by our name, and as soon as we have recognized their voices the spell is broken. We have delivered them: they have overcome death and return to share our life. — Marcel Proust

I'd kept my horrible desires hidden from everyone. Even myself. Never admitting, even to myself, that I wanted someone to hit me, stalk me, rape me. I'd never secretly wished the sweet guy I was dating would turn into a raving psycho behind closed doors and make me do things I didn't want. That was crazy. You're — Skye Warren

That the child is the supreme aim of woman is a statement having precisely the value of an advertising slogan. — Simone De Beauvoir

A happy childhood is hard to overcome. — Marty Rubin

Having always imagined myself in a fairly slim minority, I suddenly saw that I was in a vast company. Difference unites us. While each of these experiences can isolate those who are affected, together they compose an aggregate of millions whose struggles connect them profoundly. The exceptional is ubiquitous; to be entirely typical is the rare and lonely state. — Andrew Solomon

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. — Jane Austen

My backup plan is to challenge Bearbreaker to single combat, defeat him, become Queen of the Zerkers and spend the rest of my life riding a giant motorcycle over frozen tundra. — D.D. Barant

It was Plutarch, you know, and nothing intrinsically American that prevented George Washington being a King ... — H.G.Wells

My whole family swims! You can pretty much say chlorine runs in our veins. — Ryan Lochte