Ziek Zijn Quotes & Sayings

The thought of superhuman beings with human temptations and flaws sends a chill through me. — Susan Ee

History ... with its long, leisurely, gentlemanly labors, the books arriving by post, the cards to be kept and filed, the sections to be copied, the documents to be checked, is the ideal pursuit for the New England mind. — Elizabeth Hardwick

she still felt she was a librarian and always would be, no matter what else she had become as well. "We — Garth Nix

If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. — M.H. Abrams

The sign above the door to the Hypocras Club read PROTEGO RES PUBLICA, engraved into white Italian marble. Miss Alexia Tarabotti, gagged, trussed, bound, and carried by two men - one holding her shoulders, the other her feet - read the words upside down. She had a screaming headache, and it took her a moment to translate the phrase through the nauseating aftereffects of chloroform exposure.
Finally she deduced its meaning: to protect the commonwealth.
Huh, she thought. / do not buy it. I definitely do not feel protected. — Gail Carriger

But there's a sacredness which is not of thought, nor of a feeling resuscitated by thought. It is not recognizable by thought nor can it be utilized by thought. Thought cannot formulate it. But there's a sacredness, untouched by any symbol or word. It is not communicable. It is a fact. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Just because a man is a homicidal maniac doesn't make him wrong. — Rick Yancey

Blake Crouch, Chicago's deputy chief, and says, "I don't know." Crouch resembles a mole, with a long, sharp nose and tiny black eyes. — J.A. Konrath

Trust is hard to come by. That's why my circle is small and tight. I'm kind of funny about making new friends. — Eminem

But the true miracle of the resurrection wasn't so much the raising. Is something like that too hard for the God who made the universe? The true miracle is in the forgiving. And though we are bruised and burned, blind and broken, we are forgiven. — Lisa Samson

I'm a lot like my dad: a little bit of a daredevil. I like an adrenaline rush. — Lynsi Torres