Van Schaik Book Quotes & Sayings

But you kissed her. I saw you."
"No, you saw her kiss me. You saw me not cause a scene in the middle of the club."
"Well, you didn't look like you hated it."
"But I did. The whole time, all I could think about was kissing you instead." He starts to bend his head toward mine. — M. Leighton

The less self-conscious you are about what you are about, the better in a way, that is to say technically. You have to get it in your blood, not in the head. — Flannery O'Connor

There is no diffused light on anything international so that a comparatively whole scene may be observed. Light is sharply directed on one spot, leaving not only the greater part in darkness but also denying by implication that the great unlighted field exists. It is no longer profitable, with few exceptions, to ask people what they think, for you will be told what the wish, instead. Perhaps at no other period in the history of the world have people lived in such a dreamy state. People even waste time denouncing their enemies in open warfare for shooting back too hard, or too accurately. There is no attempt to be accurate as to truth, however. The whole idea is to be complimentary to one's self and keep alive the dream. The other man's side commits gross butcheries. One's own side wins smashing victories. — Zora Neale Hurston

One can't judge till one's forty; before that we're too eager, too hard, too cruel, and in addition much too ignorant. — Henry James

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

You are in the business of serving other people as you stand in the service of your destiny and express yourself through your work. — Michael Port

An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this masterly production is hard to equal; and even though its Saxon vocabulary and poetic rhythm be unsuited to general composition, it is an invaluable model for writers on quaint or imaginative themes. — H.P. Lovecraft

I was a chief justice. And before that, I was a district court judge, handled major felonies, including capital murder cases; and I handled major civil litigation. — Louie Gohmert