Marjolijn Verspoor Quotes & Sayings

When you could be sloppy, you're not. When you could be indulgent, you're not. When you could be sad, you laugh instead. If you fall down, you pick yourself up again and again and again. — Frederick Lenz

We use the metaphor of waves that rise and fall in societies, perhaps forgetting that the actual waves of the ocean are purely opportunistic, small irregularities in water that, snagging a fortunate gust, rise and break like monsters, for no greater cause than their own accidental invention. — Adam Gopnik

The idea that God's mercy is connected to whether or not I shave is ludicrous, and I need to just trust myself, and that, you know, if I'm deserving of God's mercy, I'll get it, regardless of, you know, my beard. — Matisyahu

The little cloud drifting before their glorious sun will darken the earth as long as I please. — Samuel Beckett

You are a warrior in a dark forest, with no compass and are unable to tell who the actual enemy is, So you never feel safe .. — Anonymous

As a teenager, you are still entirely wrapped up in yourself. — Jane Green

As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion. — Albert J. Nock

L'Age Licence. As in: License to experience, mess up, license to fail, license to do... whatever, before you're settled. — Lucy Knisley

Lucas Delos stood over her, his body tense, his eyes scanning the distance for something that Helen couldn't see from her position on the ground.
"'Are you injured?'" he asked in a low, unsteady voice, still looking out over her head. There was blood on his lip and his shirt was torn.
Helen had a bare moment to say she was fine before she heard the sobbing sisters start to whisper. — Josephine Angelini

One wall of the living room was almost entirely made up of tall windows, and the now-dark winter night seemed to enter the room without permission. — Maggie Stiefvater

The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law. — Walter Raleigh

Born in 1966, I came of age at the dawn of a revolution. The past was gone; we would move on and get over it! — Deborah Copaken Kogan

The world's full of groundless ill will. I'll never understand it, you'll never understand it, but it exists all the same. — Haruki Murakami

Being willing to suffer often brings great rewards. — Jessica Biel

Enjoy every minute you have with those you love, my dear, for no one can take joy that is past away from you. It will be there in your heart to live on when the dark days come. — Eleanor Roosevelt