Margaretha Van Quotes & Sayings

Art is a kind of illness. — Giacomo Puccini

Home was that lone house on its great bend of Chatham River, no destination anymore but only the source of a vague sadness he thought of as "homegoing," a returning to the lost paradise of true belonging. — Peter Matthiessen

Hands are for other human hands to hold. — Helen Macdonald

Social media is the future, with employers recognizing they need to start hiring people with the right skills. — Ryan Holmes

An elfin wish have I but one.
I wish it once and then 'tis done.
There's magic in this gift say I,
Whoever pulls this sleigh will fly. — Moe Price

he was tried and hanged at Northampton on July 23. (During his trial he claimed that his pet cat had become possessed by the devil and incited him to his crimes. The cat was also hanged.) But — Dan Jones

Life is a great adventure ... accept it in such a spirit. — Theodore Roosevelt

Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy. — Elizabeth Edwards

Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home. — Raquel Cepeda

Questions of personal priority, however interesting they may be to the persons concerned, sink into insignificance in the prospect of any gain of deeper insight into the secrets of nature. — William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

In their sleep, both boys kept moving closer to me, and when I finally drifted off, there was one arm wrapped around my stomach and one hand intertwined with mine. — Ali Novak

Some will say that this whole discussion over the divinity of Jesus is unnecessary. The important thing, they say, is to accept Jesus as your personal savior. On the contrary, the Bible's writers stressed that, in order to be saved, it is necessary to understand who exactly god is. — Shabir Ally

I will be me,
when world aberrantly
will feel, my gravity!
I will turn into my,
when their shrill cry
will stop asking why!
(Poem:Because you so wanna meet me, Book: Ginger and Honey) — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

I'm a woman in a man's job and I don't have the luxury of being an ass, — Joan Clarke

Amateurism is the strongest form of discrimination in sports. Because it discriminates against the underprivileged, it discriminates against the poor. If we want sports to go back to the wealthy, let's make it amateur again. — Carl Lewis