Vestergade 7 Quotes & Sayings

It was my mother, despite the limitations placed on women of her time by society, who insisted I be allowed to go abroad to study, in sturdy defiance of the male elders of the family, who protested and decided that I should be married off instead. — Dalia Grybauskaite

She glanced again at Caliban as she said, "You and Daffodil were very brave." "And the best part, Mama," Indio said, tugging her hand to get her attention, "the best part is Caliban spoke. Did you hear him? He shouted my name!" "What?" Lily stared at Indio's filthy little face and then back up at Caliban. She absently noted that he had a bleeding scratch on his cheek. That shout right before the accident - had that been him? — Elizabeth Hoyt

I can't imagine what kind of poverty would motivate a person to forget themselves and everyone they loved so their families could get a monthly stipend. I may have lived on Abnegation bread and vegetables for most of my life, with nothing to spare, but I was never that desperate. Their situation must have been much worse than anything I saw in the city. - Tris — Veronica Roth

People have to remain positive and believe in those dreams. It's really important. — Kirsty Coventry

I think life's too complex to be an accident. — Alexandra Adornetto

We face the future fortified with the lessons we have learned from the past. It is today that we must create the world of the future. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones. — Rebecca Stead

When it came to choosing between education and religion, Albert said, he'd choose education every time. The school represented young people and the future - and the church didn't. If the school in Vestergade was bigger than the church, so much the better. Any town that believed in the future should take note. — Carsten Jensen

What a world it is, Cora thought, that makes a living prison into your only haven. Was she out of bondage or in its web: how to describe the status of a runaway? — Colson Whitehead

Each event touching another; like threads that design in concert, creating the fabric that is life. — Don Bradley