Geurts Quotes & Sayings

I'm a child of the universe, I have lived in almost all continents. — Micere Githae Mugo

At the exact moment any decision seems to be being made, it's usually long after the real decision was actually made
like light we see emitted from stars. — Richard Ford

If Jupiter should hurl a bolt whenever men sin,
His armory would quickly be empty. — Ovid

It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is — W.B.Yeats

This is your life, Jordan. Your. Life. Yes, I am attracted to you. Yes, I want to hold you. Yes, I want to kiss you. Yes, I want to pick you up and carry you into that bedroom. — Tijan

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it. — Oscar Wilde

The child should have the advantage of ignorance as well as of knowledge, and is fortunate if he gets his share of neglect and exposure. — Henry David Thoreau

I think I have always had the misguided sense that worry and fear serve as an insurance policy of sorts. On a subconscious level, I subscribe to the notion that if you worry about something, it is somehow less likely to happen. Well, I am here to say that it doesn't work like that. The very thing you fear the most can still happen anyway. And when it does, you feel that much more cheated for having feared it in the first place. — Emily Giffin

You need not rest your reputation on the dinners you give. — Henry David Thoreau

Kosykh: What the hell ... is there really no one even to talk to? We might as well be living in Australia: no common interests, no solidarity ... Everyone lives separate lives ... But I must go ... it's time. [Takes his cap.] Time is precious. [Gives Lebedev his hand.] I pass! — Anton Chekhov

All of us basically want the same things: opportunity for our children, and prosperity for our families and communities. — Christine Gregoire

be killed, we are lost. — John Steinbeck

And i'm thinking, aren't i supposed to be the one who's freaking out here? tiny is going to be the first b-b-b- (i can't do it) boy-f-f-f (c'mon, will) boyf-boyf (here we go) boyfriend of mine that she's ever met. — David Levithan