Nienke Meijer Quotes

#1. ..love is as complex an emotion as exists. There are many reasons why love does not prosper.
.. the waters are perilous, and you would do well to know that, because unlike your novels, not every story has a happy ending.

Mary Lydon Simonsen

#2. As we each began our journey, we learned the importance of connecting, of laughing with one another (not at one another), of sharing our lives.

Sharon E. Rainey

#3. Life is surreal. When you step back and really take a look at it, the irony is absolute.

Julieanne O'Connor

#4. I mean, it's unheard of for somebody to hit 70 home runs, so I'm like in awe of myself right now.

Mark McGwire

#5. Gaylord Perry and Willie McCovey should know each other like a book. They've been ex-teammates for years now.

Jerry Coleman

#6. I feel that I was a good all-around player, I had good speed, a good arm and could play the outfield.

Roger Maris

#7. King John won't need any persuading that the French have a hand in this. From what I've heard, if a bean gives him a bellyache he swears it was a French one.

Karen Maitland

#8. My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.

Olivia Cooke

#9. Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.

John C. Calhoun

#10. I was born in New York City on a cold January night when the water pipes in our apartment froze and burst. Fortunately, my mother was in the hospital rather than at home at the time.

Gertrude B. Elion

#11. If you can fall in love, then you can love.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. I once had an Early Girl tomato at my friend Jay's house, and I thought that was the best thing I'd ever had. But then I visited friends in Senegal, and I ate sea urchin pulled fresh out of the sea. It tasted like the ocean.

Alice Waters

#13. Suddenly I realized we must take care of things just because they exist.

Maura O'Halloran

#14. Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

Pablo Picasso

#15. If my boy had perished in a Nazi compound, I could never have gone on living. I would have killed myself.

Coco Chanel