Nijhoff Publishers Quotes & Sayings

Why can't I remember that not once have I ever seen a coin, whether grimy copper or bright gold, that had but one side. — Andrew Levkoff

Adrien Bach, main character from The Maker:
You know, when you're a kid, you think you're going to grow up to be something special, do something important. You're not going to be a regular Joe like everybody else. But then you get out there and life starts to hit you. It hits you so many times, eventually you just can't get up anymore. Or won't.
And then you just don't know. Those dreams seem to fade away, and suddenly you're not sure who you are anymore. — Wes Moore

Preferably, the window should be north facing, as this will give you the most light and the most even light at any given time of day. — James Carren

God does not show us the whole way but only the next step. His promise is, "I will counsel you with my eye upon you". — Ingrid Trobisch

You've got to have someone who loves your body. Who doesn't define you, but sees you. Who loves what he sees. Who you don't have to struggle to be good enough for. — Deb Caletti

Birdy never felt artistic inclination when armed with a marking implement. What came to her were words, always words, commentary and criticism and correction and simple vocabulary curios; she scratched a few of them on the smooth red wall. — Antonya Nelson

Holmstrom has broken an Olympic record by being cross checked 46 times in one game! — Harry Neale

Nothing lasts. Not even a great sorrow. — Storm Jameson

They stayed away in droves. — Samuel Goldwyn

This is heaven my child. — Santosh Kalwar

I'd never seen a guy in a kilt before but I had to admit I really liked it. My gaze traveled up his bare calves and over his back. His muscles flexed as he bent to arrange the twigs and limbs for the fire. The kilt covered his legs at one moment, then revealed them anew as he stood up ... I suddenly remembered the saying that Scots don't wear anything under their kilts and pushed back a crazy impulse to see for myself. — Cyndi Tefft

Several congregations had received permission to build churches before Danzig Mennonites were permitted to do so. Thus, in the village of Montau in the vicinity of Kulm, Mennonites were allowed to build their first church in the Vistula valley as early as 1586.8 — Peter J. Klassen

I like my mug shot. I think I have a really great mug shot. It looks like a magazine shoot. — Paris Hilton

The poem in the head is always perfect. Resistance begins when you try to convert it into language. — Stanley Kunitz

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty. — Sophia Loren