Schaakbord Afbeeldingen Quotes & Sayings

If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history. — Honore De Balzac

It was my privilege to serve with Paul Ryan in the House and on the Ways and Means Committee. Ryan's vast experience and bold, reform-minded ideas were always evident. His knowledge of the federal budget is widely recognized. — Bob Beauprez

History would be an excellent thing if only it were true. — Leo Tolstoy

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing. — Majandra Delfino

Where is Alia?' she asked.
'Out doing what any good Fremen child should be doing in such times,' Paul said. 'She's killing enemy wounded ... — Frank Herbert

If you go home with somebody, and they don't have books, don't fuck 'em! — John Waters

Wisdom is the principal thing. The principle to discover the principal thing is "the fear of the Lord". Fear God and be wise. — Israelmore Ayivor

The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. — Marion Woodman

Silence prevailed everywhere, like the gloomy dumbness after the riots in the city. — Girdhar Joshi

They were soldiers of the sea, born and bred to battle her, taking her bounty along the way. Some succeeded and lived, others failed and died, but that was the life he'd been destined to have. — Amber Lynn Natusch

Contentedly sat the old woman. Soon now, the sea would hold no terrors, and the blinds wouldn't have to be down, nor the windows shut; she would even be able to walk along the shore at midnight as of old; and they, whom she had deserted so long ago, would once more shrink from the irresistable energy aura of her new, young body.
The sound of the sea came to her, where she sat so quietly; calm sound at first, almost gentle in the soft sibilation of each wave thrust. Farther out, the voices of the water were louder, more raucous, blatantly confident, but the meaning of what they said was blurred by the distance, a dim, clamorous confusion that rustled discordantly out of the gathering night.
Night!
She shouldn't be aware of night falling, when the blinds were drawn.
("The Witch") — A.E. Van Vogt

I was a battleground of fear and curiosity. — H.G.Wells

Lesson learned: bad things happen to good people. — Amy Zhang

genius in love is the yearning to handover — Hermann Hesse