Vandertoolen Associates Quotes & Sayings

Ineffective or weak brain connections are pruned in much the same way a gardener would prune a tree or bush, giving the plant a desired shape, — Alison Gopnik

It isn't a weakness to accept kindness. It isn't a weakness to allow yourself to be cared for. — Julie Anne Long

Her heart was so full, she was afraid it might burst. She had never dared to dream she would have a home and a family. She had never conceived of having friends. Life might never be perfect, but she had Nicolae, and he would always understand those terrible moments when the memories crept out from behind the doors in her mind. He would be there to hold her and help her. — Christine Feehan

Are we philosophizing?" asked Harshaw. "Or were those song lyrics? — Leigh Bardugo

Posterity, n.
I try not to think about us growing old together, mostly because I try not to think about growing old at all. Both things - the years passing, the years together - are too enormous to contemplate. But one morning, I gave in. You were asleep, and I imagined you older and older. Your hair graying, your skin folded and creased, your breath catching. And I found myself thinking: If this continues, if this goes on, then when I die, your memories of me will be my greatest accomplishment. Your memories will be my most lasting impression. — David Levithan

I dare play the game of life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Empty, I echo to the least footfall — Sylvia Plath

That amazing thing doesn't need my poem, but my poem still needs it, the way every poem still needs all the world. — Clive James

It's not magic; it's hard work by vested people who share a vision for God's kingdom in their city. An influential church is nothing more than a bunch of believers who get in the game and live on mission. — Jen Hatmaker

Cuba is a wonderful country. What Castro's done is superb. — Helen Caldicott

Loving someone is helping them when they get in trouble, and looking after them, and telling them the truth ... — Mark Haddon

Pidgin, pidgin everywhere. A peculiarity of dropping the connective, the article, of translating literally, of using present for past, present for future. We Filipinos did not speak pidgin. Our English was straight from the grammar texts. — Gilda Cordero-Fernando