Vlekken Quotes & Sayings

Why is it that twenty-four hours in the company of your family is capable of reducing you to a teenager? — Maggie O'Farrell

Startling as this may sound, the truth is that many children read for a remarkably small percentage of the school day. — Michael J. Schmoker

Josie watched him leave then turned to me. "I swear to God, if I had the money, you'd be the one making cookies while he slobbers all over you." "You're the one who said he was harmless." I reached under the counter to get a box ready for Ellen's order. — Catherine Bruns

I think of myself as a very ordinary person. I like writing about the juxtaposition between people: the beauty of them at times and then the banal, everyday context in which we find ourselves. — Rachel Joyce

Service and gratitude will fuel your relationship; entitlement and expectation will poison it. — Steve Maraboli

The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. — Arthur Schopenhauer

A lot about Congress is about forming good working relationships with people, and humor can really help you do that. — Linda Sanchez

As long as there have been men on earth, reflected the Count, there have been men in exile. From primitive tribes to the most advanced societies, someone has occasionally been told by his fellow men to pack his bags, cross the border, and never set foot on his native soil again. But perhaps this was to be expected. After all, exile was the punishment that God meted out to Adam in the very first chapter of the human comedy; and that He meted out to Cain a few pages later. Yes, exile was as old as mankind. But the Russians were the first people to master the notion of sending a man into exile at home. — Amor Towles