Alles wat ik van het leven weet maakte ik me buiten de muren van de school eigen, en zodra ik me binnen die muren bevond leek het of ik achterwaarts leefde.

You are that what you cannot lose.

You kill strangers deliberately so you don't accidentally kill the people you love.

Achievers don't submit to instant gratification; they INVEST in the LONG-TERM payoff

There is a radicalism in all getting, and a conservatism in all keeping. Lovemaking is radical, while marriage is conservative.

Looking at traditional marriages, it seems the surest way for a woman to be alone is to get married.

When turkeys mate they think of swans.

When you come up in the slums, having nothin make you humble

I zoomed in on the shoe department like a blonde homing pigeon. Shoes, shoes everywhere! Ah, sweet shoes. I truly think you can take the measure of a civilization by looking at its footwear.

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

I don't care how much money you have, free stuff is always a good thing.

The testing of good and bad is in order that the gold may boil and bring the scum to the top.