Lieve Vriendin Quotes & Sayings

Partly, what we are may be what we believe we once were and lost. — Alberto Manguel

Aficionados of the weather. We'd follow a storm — Jeannette Walls

History is a facsimile of events held together by finally biographical information. — Robert Smithson

According to Lamarck, there was a force - the 'power of life' - that pushed organisms to become increasingly complex. — Elizabeth Kolbert

Soulful healing asks, while you are healing your body with herbs from Earth, that you look for the meaning in what is happening within your body as it relates to your whole being. — Robin Rose Bennett

It was snowing. In the lamplight, blades of ice were growing on the outside of the blue-tinged window-panes and the hoarfroast, like melted sugar, glittered on the gold-spangled bottle-glass of the windows. Absolute silence enveloped the little house as it slumbered in the shadows.
Des Esseintes let his mind wander ... Like some great hanging of reverse ermine, the sky rose before him, black and dappled with white. An icy wind gusted, intensifying the wild scudding of the snow, inverting the proportions of black and white. The heraldic hanging of the sky turned itself over, becoming true white ermine, itself dappled with black by the tiny patches of night strewn among the snowflakes. — Joris-Karl Huysmans

How much time do I get in exchange for that rose?"
For the rose, a short engagement. For the speech, you get a lifetime."
I can live with that," he said, and kissed her. — Laura Lee Guhrke

It was a romantic dream to be a writer. It seemed like a calling. — Bobbie Ann Mason

Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder. — Celine Dion

Can we really fix ourselves? Can we really see what needs to be seen and do what needs to be done? Tolstoy suggests we can, even though the road will be long and arduous. He is Orthodox enough to see that humans are sinners in need of mercy, but not Orthodox enough to get to the root of the problem. The prophet does not plunge deeply enough into the human heart. Tolstoy was Christian enough to see that evil exists but not Orthodox enough to get to the root of the problem. — John Mark Reynolds

Never become too busy for your brother or your sister. For when your parents die, it is your hearts alone that will realize how the joys and pains of family have shaped your lives. — Laura Ramirez