Jeugdboeken Quotes & Sayings

Wherever we've gone around the world, we've found quite significant gaps: the holy texts, no matter which one you turn to, has ambiguity in it around slavery. That, we knew, was being used as justification by slavers all over the world. — Andrew Forrest

His mother's memory tore at his heart because she had died loving him, when he was too young and selfish to love her in return, — George Orwell

Timing is everything. Chemistry is something that you don't just throw in the frying pan and mix it up with another something, then throw it on top of something, then fry it up and put it in a tortilla and put in a microwave, heat it up and give it to you and expect it to taste good. You know? For those of you who can cook, y'all know what I'm talking about. If y'all can't cook, this doesn't concern you. — Kevin Garnett

If I were going to have such a short visit on earth, I had to do everything possible to experience it now. — Elizabeth Gilbert

At the far end of the hall she could make out the raised dais where a throne of black oak stood. Its arms had been carved to represent the forelegs of a bear, and its feet into those of a dragon. And above it hung the battle standard of the Icemark: a standing polar bear, lips drawn back in a vicious snarl and claws outstretched. — Stuart Hill

It is a shame, the amount of people who are turned off by the name of Jesus simply because of the mouths that say that name... — J. Evan Johnson

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same. — Phyllis McGinley

I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life. — Yahya Jammeh

I don't see anybody, in any conference, that can shut me down. Any conference, anywhere in the world. — Shaquille O'Neal

I throw my arms around his neck and let him hold me. All seventeen years of me. — Colleen Hoover

When do we start?" "You are not coming." "Then you are not going," said I. "I give you my word of honour - and I never broke it in my life - that I will take a cab straight to the police-station and give you away, unless you let me share this adventure with you." "You can't help me." "How do you know that? You can't tell what may happen. Anyway, my resolution is taken. Other people besides you have self-respect, and even reputations. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Just because you can't believe it, doesn't mean it's not happening — Sharad Vivek Sagar