Esveld Aceretum Quotes

#1. What was it my father used to say? A bird stuck between two branches gets bitten on both wings. I would like to add my own saying to the list now, Father: a man stuck between two worlds lives and dies alone.

Dinaw Mengestu

#2. Words can't change my face

R.J. Palacio

#3. The fuss made over the chickens at the checkpoints is not to be believed. Unlike me they had their own papers.

Elizabeth Wein

#4. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.

Taylor Swift

#5. I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!

Patrick Stewart

#6. The value judgments we make determine our actions, and upon their validity rests our mental health and happiness.

Erich Fromm

#7. I've got to hear the rhythm of the sentences; I want the music of the prose. I want to see ordinary things transformed not by the circumstances in which I see them but by the language with which they're described. That's what I love when I read.

Alice McDermott

#8. Those trees are your lungs. The earth recycles as your body. The rivers recycle as your circulation. The air is your breath. So what do we call the environment?

Deepak Chopra

#9. The deciding vote in your life is yours, not your circumstances.

Michael Hyatt

#10. Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.

Bill Walsh

#11. It's interesting how songs can evolve. Sometimes I'll write a song that feels relevant in the moment, but four years later, I don't want to sing it anymore. Then something will happen in my life, and the song becomes relevant again.

Jenny Lewis

#12. I wasn't going anywhere, so how could I be going in the wrong direction?

Leila Sales

#13. In real life, I'm a dad.

James Spithill

#14. There is a connection between me and the collectors, and as admirers of the work they tell me about the differences the pieces are able to make in their lives on a daily basis.

Richard MacDonald