Ik wilde haar weer horen lachen. Sterker nog: ik wilde de lach uit haar tevoorschijn toveren, ik wilde de reden zijn waarom die melodie gespeeld werd, want het was de klank van geluk, van tevredenheid, van alles wat goed en mooi was in de wereld.
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JOYCE MEYER A great restaurant is one that just makes you feel like you're not sure whether you went out or ... DANNY MEYER God's mercy is fresh and new every morning. JOYCE MEYER I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be. JOYCE MEYER I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go ... JOYCE MEYER When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something... JOYCE MEYER We all face storms in life. Some are more difficult than others, but we all go through trials and tr... JOYCE MEYER When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you 'You're no good,' you don'... JOYCE MEYER I believe that the greatest gift you can give your family and the world is a healthy you. JOYCE MEYER The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a con... JOYCE MEYER Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on... EDGAR MEYER Integrity means that you are the same in public as you are in private. JOYCE MEYER When doubt comes against us, we have to lift up the shield of faith. We do this when we open our mou... JOYCE MEYER Hospitality is almost impossible to teach. It's all about hiring the right people. DANNY MEYER Depression begins with disappointment. When disappointment festers in our soul, it leads to discoura... JOYCE MEYER Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if p... NICHOLAS MEYER They wouldn't let me play; only Alice would play games with me anymore. STEPHENIE MEYER Honest people remember stories in the order of emotional prominence, but liars will recount a story ... PAMELA MEYER I grew up in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis. Our idea of Judaism was no bar mitzvahs and a Chri... DANNY MEYER The Bible says that Christians are the salt of the earth and the light of the world. On the job, in ... JOYCE MEYER Even if we all want you here, you don't belong until you decide you do. STEPHENIE MEYER I'm gonna fight for you, until your heart stops beating. STEPHENIE MEYER Not many people get every single thing they want plus all the things they didn't think to ask for in... STEPHENIE MEYER By the time we enter this work world and we're breadwinners, we enter a world that's just cl... PAMELA MEYER Research indicates that a pause tends to be a signal that a cluster of deceptive cues is on its way.... PAMELA MEYER Do you want me to sing to you? I'll sing all night if it will keep the bad dreams away. STEPHENIE MEYER Um," Doc said in a mild voice, "medically speaking, I'm not sure that was the most helpful thing for... STEPHENIE MEYER You never know how much time you'll have. STEPHENIE MEYER Fall down again, Bella?' No, Emmett, I punched a werewolf in the face. STEPHENIE MEYER Catering to bad feelings feeds and empowers them. JOYCE MEYER but you see, just because we've been...dealt a certain hand...it doesn't mean we can't choose to ris... STEPHENIE MEYER The only thing I hate is when bad food is paraded as something great, and people are charging a lot ... DANNY MEYER Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and wha... MARISSA MEYER Lying in the political sphere has gotten out of hand, and because people tend to dismiss things that... PAMELA MEYER A captain always knows where his ship is. It's like a psychic bond.” “If only we had a capt... MARISSA MEYER I held you in my hands, Wanderer, and you were beautiful. STEPHENIE MEYER I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might... STEPHENIE MEYER Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe wo... JOYCE MEYER I wish there was some way to explain how very uninterested I was in a normal human life. STEPHENIE MEYER Era plăcut să fiu singură, să nu fiu nevoită să zâmbesc şi să par mulţumită; era o uşura... STEPHENIE MEYER I was not the one she was destined to say yes to. It was someone else, someone human and warm. And I... STEPHENIE MEYER It was a weird thing for me, because I don't read vampire books. I don't watch vampire movies. I'm n... STEPHENIE MEYER The clouds I can handle, but I can't fight with an eclipse. STEPHENIE MEYER It's a strange world STEPHENIE MEYER I wasn’t interesting. And he was. Interesting… and brilliant… and mysterious… and perfect…... STEPHENIE MEYER She’s just a little faint,” I reassured Mrs. Hammond. “They’re blood typing in biology.” STEPHENIE MEYER I grinned at him, feeling more enthusiastic about my plan now that he was on board. Rosalie was a pa... STEPHENIE MEYER He was trying to be everywhere at once," the redhead told the human. "Trying to make sure Alice had ... STEPHENIE MEYER It was sort of the pattern to my life - I'd never been strong enough to deal with the things outside... STEPHENIE MEYER