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Archive for April, 2022
“He liked the fact that Venice had no cars. It made the city human. The streets were like veins, he thought and the people were the blood, circulating everywhere” ~Patricia Highsmith on
April 30, 2022
“Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.” ~Truman Capote on
April 29, 2022
“Tulips were a tray of jewels.”~E.M. Forster, Howards End on
April 27, 2022
“If everybody comes from somewhere else, nobody is a stranger.” ~Rien Vroegindeweij on
April 27, 2022
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”~ Charles M. Schulz on
April 26, 2022
“Tiptoe through the window, By the window, that is where I’ll be. Come tiptoe through the tulips with me.” ~ Tiny Tim on
April 25, 2022
“That’s what people do in Holland. They build dykes and ditches. They don’t drown. They’re brilliant engineers.”So I’ve heard,’ says Faro thoughtfully. ‘They’re very obstinate, those people in Holland.”~ Helen Dunmore, The Tide Knot on
April 24, 2022
“Here are the tulips, budded and full-blown, their swoops and dips, their gloss and poses, the satin of their darks.”~ Margaret Atwood, Dearly on
April 23, 2022
“Life was meant to great adventure and close friends.” ~ Unknown on
April 22, 2022
“My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.” ~ Terry Pratchett “ on
April 21, 2022
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