Karlijn Visser Quotes & Sayings

When the bald associate had mentioned a sleeping beauty, he was referring to a fairy tale that you have probably heard one thousand times. Like all fairy tales, the story of Sleeping Beauty begins with 'Once upon a time,' and continues with a foolish young princess who makes a witch very angry, and then takes a nap until her boyfriend wakes her up with a kiss and insists on getting married, at which point the story ends with the phrase 'happily ever after.' The story is usually illustrated with fancy drawings of the napping princess, who always looks very glamorous and elegant, with her hair neatly combed and a long silk gown keeping her comfortable as she snores away for years and years. — Lemony Snicket

Numerous examples have convinced me that God ultimately saves him whose motive is pure. — Mahatma Gandhi

[Evelyn Waugh] made drunkenness cute and chic, and then took to religion, simply to have the most expensive carpet of all to be sick on. — Rebecca West

I got really into rock - soft, romantic rock was my jam. — Sara Bareilles

Be thankful for all you gain. Be thankful for what you lose, too. Find a reason each day to celebrate your life. — Pooja Ruprell

Arms control is by definition a rejection of disarmament. — David T. Dellinger

I had a really kind of yucky divorce and it was really challenging to get over that. — Ricki Lake

No matter what happens to us, I will ensure that she will never forget this moment in her life. That she will think of this day, this evening, this moment... — Jessica Clare

To reject practice by saying, 'it is conceptual!' is the path of fools. A tendency of the inexperienced and something to be avoided. — Longchenpa

As far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms."
"Eh?"
"Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit. — Jim Butcher

An interactive debugger is an outstanding example of what is not needed - it encourages trial-and-error hacking rather than systematic design, and also hides marginal people barely qualified for precision programming. — Harlan Mills

It is in the last step that one finds the unfathomable beginning; it is in the aloneness that one discovers himself never alone; it is in the deep silence that one hears the hidden music - the chant of eternity, the illuminated whisper of love. - Heather K. O'Hara, from: THE PATH OF SONGS — Heather K. O'Hara

It's a great compliment that people think they're fast reads. It's always funny to me because it takes so long to get a book (written)
for me, it's never quick. — Sarah Dessen