Marve De Jong Quotes & Sayings

Kami concentrated on the scarecrows going by and scribbled: "Write in your notebook to avoid this awkward moment!" Angela — Sarah Rees Brennan

I used to say to my bubbe, 'Bubbe, is this story true?' And she'd say, 'Of course it's true! But it may not have happened.' What my bubbe was saying is profound: All stories are true. The truth is the journey you take through it - did it make you laugh, cry, seek and want justice? Then it's true. — Patricia Polacco

I was never a child actor. I was a child performer. — Christopher Walken

Marriage is a mystery that one would be wise not to solve too hastily.
Marve De Jong, Love And Other Follies Of The Great Families Of Old New York — Anna Godbersen

The scorn which I had reason to fear on account of the novelty and unconventionality of my opinion almost induced me to abandon completely the work which I had undertaken ... Astronomy is written for astronomers. To them my work too will seem, unless I am mistaken, to make some contribution. — Nicolaus Copernicus

My mother was born in Burma, but my grandfather on her side was Indian-Spanish. So I have this quite exotic mix, which is reflected in my earliest memories, in our Wiltshire country kitchen, of gran, and aunts, cooking spicy stewy, casseroley curries, a version of Indian food with a Burmese twist. — Jamie Cullum

Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life. — Plato

Fame is short-lived, and you're the last to know when you are no longer hot. — George Lazenby

Purposeless activity may be a phase of death. — Pearl S. Buck

Life's full of surprises, and they ain't all bad. — Barbara Rogan

In reading, you sense the divine: the things that are larger and greater and more mysterious than yourself. — Richard Flanagan

Human beings cannot endure the geological chaos they encounter under the soil of their own gardens. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If by 'devastating' you mean that you should fear for your life, then yeah. You're right." I jerked open the door. "Good night, Adrian. — Richelle Mead

Yes, people pull the trigger - but guns are the instrument of death. Gun control is necessary, and delay means more death and horror. — Eliot Spitzer