Karolien Verstraeten Quotes & Sayings

None of the family had passed the 11-Plus exam, and henceforth cannot be saved, our futures doomed by an undotted i. — Morrissey

We hire five, work them like ten, and pay them like eight."31 — James C. Collins

Now climb, young grasshopper, so your Kung Fu won't be weak. — Ilona Andrews

Business and scholarship pass away with the person, but the soul is forever like new. Fame and fortune change with the generations, but the spirit is always the same. Enlightened people surely should not exchange the lasting for the ephemeral. — Zicheng Hong

We had the camera locked, but not the location of the sun. — Joss Whedon

Slavery ... dishonors labor. It introduces idleness into society, and with idleness, ignorance and pride, luxury and distress. It enervates the powers of the mind and benumbs the activity of man. — Alexis De Tocqueville

I write not because I want to but because I am destined to. — Jules Haigler

In terms of asking questions, I plead guilty. I ask a hell of a lot of questions. That's my job. — Dick Cheney

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth. — Xenophanes

Tous les genres sont bons,
Hors le genre ennuyeux."
(All genres are good,
Except the boring one. — Gioachino Rossini

A writer's task is to interpret his world as he sees it, if not to make it understood, at least to make it understandable. — Leonard Walker

Thunder bellowed, barely audible above the explosion of wind and wave. How did this tiny brig withstand such a beating? Surely the timbers would burst any moment, splintering and filling the room with the mad gush of the sea. Locking her arms with the ladies on either side, she closed her eyes as the galloping ship tossed them like rag dolls over the hard deck. — MaryLu Tyndall

Bre said there's only one real adventure in this world. Love. It's finding the one person who makes you want to be better than you are. — Anna Katmore