Jochums Begrafenis Quotes & Sayings

I believe that good things come to those who work. — Wilt Chamberlain

One last mystery: on one of the little ponds, this morning, I saw wind riffling the first of the waterlily leaves. They haven't all emerged yet, but new circles tattoo the water, here and there, a coppery red. When the wind lifted their edges, each would reveal a little shadowy spot, a dot of black which seemed to flash on the water, and so across the whole surface of the pond there was what could only be described as the inverse of sparkling; a scintillant blackness. Shining blackly, black but rippling, lyrical: the sheen and radiance of death-in-life.
Is that my work, to point to the world and say, See how darkly it sparkles? — Mark Doty

I like to think of the landscape not as a fixed place but as a path that is unwinding before my eyes, under my feet. To see and know a place is a contemplative act. It means emptying our minds and letting what is there, in all its mulitplicity and endless variety, come in. — Gretel Ehrlich

the voice seems to echo in the architecture of his head — Anthony Doerr

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else. — Nikki Cox

An odd thing about beauty, however, is that it's absence tends not to arouse our sympathy as much as other forms of privation do. — Jonathan Franzen

In sickness and in sickness. That is what I wish for you. Don't seek or expect miracles. There are no miracles. Not anymore. And there are no cures for the hurt that hurts most. There is only the medicine of believing each other's pain, and being present for it. — Jonathan Safran Foer

You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains. — Eduard Shevardnadze

If my legs are showing, the makeup artist adds a tiny amount of foundation to body lotion and rubs it in. — Christina Hendricks