Gervi Maasmechelen Quotes & Sayings

Wherever that man went, he went gratefully. — Seamus Heaney

Trust no future, however pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act
act in the living Present! Heart within and God overhead. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I looooove cookbooks. I cook a lot when I'm pregnant. — Drew Barrymore

One of the lovely things about writing when nobody knows who you are is there's no expectation. — Paula Hawkins

I've learned that the most depressed people always seem to be the happiest — Anonymous

The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves — Italo Calvino

Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them. — Annette Messager

... Thou art a dreaming thing; A fever of thyself - think of the Earth; What bliss even in hope is there for thee? What haven? every creature hath its home; Every sole man hath days of joy and pain, Whether his labours be sublime or low - The pain alone; the joy alone; distinct: Only the dreamer venoms all his days, Bearing more woe than all his sins deserve. — Dan Simmons

Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring. — Patricia Polacco

When I'm writing it's as if I'm the observer. It's as if that computer screen there -it used to be the typewriter - just kind of dissolves and there's this whirling tunnel of mist and there's a kind of proscenium arch, and then there are my characters, and they say what they say, and I laugh sometimes in surprise at what they say. — Richard Bach

No one can sum up all God is able to accomplish through one solitary life, wholly yielded, adjusted, and obedient to Him. — D.L. Moody

The only hope of success is the way of love as agape rather than eros. From this rival perspective, the secret of the search is not our "great ascent" but "the great descent" - of God toward us. Instead of the seeker finding love, love seeks out the seeker - not because the seeker is worthy of love but simply because love's nature is to love regardless of the worthiness or merit of the one loved. — Os Guinness

Those who do not run away from our pains but touch them with compassion bring healing and new strength. The paradox indeed is that the beginning of healing is in the solidarity with the pain. In — Henri J.M. Nouwen