Spoelen Met Quotes & Sayings

When I was teaching Latin in girls' schools before I became a writer, I didn't much like it if parents would come in and say, 'We'll have less of the Ovid and Virgil and more of the grammar, please.' After all, I was the one in charge. That's how I feel about doctors. You should trust them to do their job properly. — Maeve Binchy

No man is so old as to believe he cannot live one more year. — Sean O'Casey

The dog hunts rabbits. Hercule Poirot hunts murderers. — Agatha Christie

By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged. — Charles De Lint

This was something sure to be crammed full of warm secrets, like an antique clock built when peace filled the world. — Haruki Murakami

Tantalus grabbed for the glass, but it scooted away before he could touch it. A few drops of root beer spilled, and Tantalus tried to dab them up with his fingers, but the drops rolled away like quicksilver before he could touch them. He growled and turned toward the plate of barbecue. He picked up a fork and tried to stab a piece of brisket, but the plate skittered down the table and flew off the end, straight into the coals of the brazier. — Rick Riordan

I come out of a strong oral tradition in the South, — Horton Foote