Vermogen Quotes & Sayings

I have been looking at him too long, but then, he has been looking back, and I feel like we are both trying to say something the other can't hear ... — Veronica Roth

While one was an undergraduate, one could feel virtuous and indignant at the vices of Oxford, at least at those which one did not indulge in, particularly at the flunkeyism and money-worship which are our most prevalent and disgraceful sins. But when one is a fellow it is quite another affair. They become a sore burthen then, enough to break one's heart. — Thomas Hughes

I want to believe that happiness might at least be possible later on in life for people prone to sadness. — Matthew Quick

How do you destroy a devil to save an angel who's torn out her own eyes to believe in only his whispered deceit in her ears? — Bishop Harber

Mara gave you my letter?"
"Yes."
"You must have been astonished." She had exposed her heart in that letter.
His eyebrows shot up. "'Astonished' is a mild word for it."
"But you came - so you must have read the other letters. They should have prepared you a little."
"I received no other letters. I had no idea you were in this part of the world."
She shook her head in confusion. "Then how did you know to come?"
"Yasmeen and I were in New Eden again - I have written that story for you in another letter - when a supply ship arrived carrying the rumor that Zenobia Fox was under the protection of the Kraken King. Needless to say, we abandoned New Eden and flew to Krakentown and full steam. — Meljean Brook

Every night, whisper 'peace' in your husband's ear. — Andrei A. Gromyko

Young men most needed experience. They could not play well if they trusted to a general rule. Every card had a relative value. Principles had better be left aside; values were enough. — Henry Adams

My aunt could not have been the lone romantic who gave up everything for sex. Women in the old China did not choose. Some man had commanded her to lie with him and be his secret evil. — Maxine Hong Kingston

Zora was a woman of principle, an open atheist. At the age of thirteen, a priest had told her that animals had no souls, and she had said, "well then, fuck you, Pops," and walked out of church. — Tea Obreht

We may not like our times or many aspects of the time we live in but that is not the fault of art as such. — David Elliott

There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic. — George Osborne