Roelandts Foundation Quotes

#1. And what does a person with such romantic temperament seek in the study of the classics?
If by romantic you mean solitary and introspective, I think romantics are frequently the best classicists.

Donna Tartt

#2. Silly bug, fly on the wall, our first fight and how quickly we are over it. Of course I don't hate you, dearest, beloved, most cherished, I owe you everything.

A.M. Homes

#3. Jewish history is never simply about the Jews, but always about their relationship with the rest of society.

Abigail Green

#4. The sixteenth-century schism was really a belated revolt of the thirteenth-century pessimists. It was a back-wash of the old Augustinian Puritanism against the Aristotelian liberality.

G.K. Chesterton

#5. I've been surprised to learn how many people love poetry. It's beautiful to see that people want poetry in their lives.

Peleg Top

#6. Intrinsic values and qualities are age-free. For example, social competencies or a good heart.

Rossana Condoleo

#7. I'm pretty short-tempered, you butthead. But I guess I gotta wait a little while before I can blow up at yah.

Kaori Yuki

#8. Out of my way, Private, or your brains go public.

M.R. Carey

#9. Somehow we manage it: to like our friends, to tolerate not only their little ways but their huge neuroses, their monumental oddness: "Oh well," we smile, "it's one of his funny days."

Fleur Adcock