Quotes about Dutch

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(Thinking while being interrogated by the Germans) You big shots think you can decide on my life, but I have news for yo — Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say
The scientific world of the time was in the midst of a terrible ferment, with discoveries and realizations coming at an — Simon Winchester, Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded
Communism was born from a beautiful dream, the likes of which there will never be again on the face of this earth: that — Eka Kurniawan, Beauty Is a Wound
Surely there is no more wretched sight that the human body unloved and uncared for. — Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
But miracles still happen, even if we don't think they do. — Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say
I felt peace, even though I was still scared to death. I thought that, whatever would happen to me - I could still be ki — Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say
To me it was real war and my life was at stake, and I believe that all those clandestine spy games we played as children — Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say
They thought we were stupid to do it, (hide Jews) of course; in fact, it was beyond their comprehension that we would ri — Diet Eman, Things We Couldn't Say
Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marr — Greta Garbo
...Sigerius realized that every academic looked like every other academic." - Bonita Avenue, p.49 — Peter Buwalda, Bonita Avenue
Since it has quietly began to snow,new distances have awakened within me. — Gerrit Achterberg, Snow Passage
The Bane...where coxswain's dirtand seaman's shirtsbrushed bawdily upon her chest... — Muse, Enigmatic Evolution
He had been thinking of how landscape moulds a language. It was impossible to imagine these hills giving forth anything — Alexander McCall Smith, Portuguese Irregular Verbs
Natural selection is not only a parsimonious, plausible and elegant solution; it is the only workable alternative to cha — Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion
¨Everything is ordinary to us until we get know its history. We start to see things differently when we do get a glimpse — Jan Prins, Dutch Stories: of his most famous region
One would expect Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, who is said to have studied history, to know better and act better — Dauglas Dauglas, Roses in the Rainbow
How remorseless must one be find pleasure in riding a Wilhelmina golden coach in the 21st century. — Dauglas Dauglas, Roses in the Rainbow
How could the eagle-eyed politicians of The Hague, who specialized in pointing out the tiniest specks in other people’s — Dauglas Dauglas, Roses in the Rainbow
The ultimate space-measurer in Dutch football is of course, Johan Cruyff. He was only seventeen when he first played at — David Winner
Did you know that even 50 years after all other countries had abolished slavery, the Netherlands refused to? — Dauglas Dauglas, Roses in the Rainbow