Westerveld Laren Quotes & Sayings

The world, as we know it, is coming to an end. The world as the center of the universe, the world divided from the heavens, the world bound by horizons in which love is reserved for members of the in-group: that is the world that is passing away. Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and complacency are coming to an end. — Joseph Campbell

I'm very strict in my belief that non-fiction should be truthful, and fiction is for invented narratives. — Darin Strauss

You can be happy anywhere, if you have the right point of view. And the ability to ignore the smell of an entire planet. — John Scalzi

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration. — Rudolf Nureyev

But I am afraid I don't, — Louisa May Alcott

You're not just competing with other brands for their attention, you're also competing with their friends, family, music playlists, soccer games, and nights out on the town. — Bryan J. Kramer

According to the law of nature, wherever there is an awakening of a new and stronger life, there it tries to conquer and take the place of the old and the decaying. Nature favours the dying out of the unfit and the survival of the fittest. The final result of such conflict between the priestly and the other classes has been mentioned already. — Swami Vivekananda

I began dabbling in writing when I was 12, and there was never an official start to singing ... I just sang my songs because there was no one else to sing them and no one told me to shut up! — Brooke Fraser

It is good to be sitting some place
in public at 2:30 in the afternoon
without getting the flesh ripped from
your bones. — Charles Bukowski

This world of ours ... must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Repentance is of such importance, that there is no being saved without it. — Thomas Watson