Gemma Malley Quotes & Sayings
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Famous Quotes By Gemma Malley
Better to find your own way than to blindly trust the words of others, whoever they are. — Gemma Malley
He said to me that we belonged toghether because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that Flower and Butterfly need each other to survive — Gemma Malley
You are on the side of angels. But even angels fall, sometimes. We all make mistakes; without them we would learn nothing. — Gemma Malley
You mustn't let your emotions get the better of you. There is a great deal to be angry about, but anger doesn't change things. — Gemma Malley
Reality wasn't as important as people made it out to be; to Jude it was simply the physical state in which he found himself, an environment he had limited control over. — Gemma Malley
She knew that each emotion came and went, knew that she could cope with whatever life threw at her. — Gemma Malley
I think flowers can be just as important as food, sometimes. I think id depends what you're hungry for. — Gemma Malley
It doesn't feel dangerous, it feels exciting, even though they're probably the same thing. — Gemma Malley
Danger manifests itself in many ways, Peter. Brilliance of mind can be as dangerous as a loaded weapon. — Gemma Malley
Real love, well, it means sacrifice. It means thinking of the other person's needs before your own. — Gemma Malley
But was falling such a bad thing, she wondered. Was it, perhaps better to see the top of the mountain, even if only for a moment, than never to even try? Or was it that the higher you allow yourself to climb, the further you have to come crashing down to earth? — Gemma Malley
Because no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.
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Evolution taught us that adaptation is the key to survival. — Gemma Malley
But I do know that the world is the most beautiful place and that we're lucky to be here. I know that we have to live every moment, because we won't be here forever, and that I wouldn't want to be anyway. Because knowing something's going to end makes you appreciate it more, makes you want to savour every moment. — Gemma Malley
It was his eyes, so challenging and with a piercing look about them. They were eyes that trusted in nothing and they made her uncomfortable around him, self-conscious. — Gemma Malley
He said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival. — Gemma Malley
Usually she loved to learn new words, treating them as exciting possessions that she could employ as she chose-in her journal, in her conversation-relishing the newness and beauty of each one. — Gemma Malley
You mustn't try to hold on to things that are past their sell-by date. — Gemma Malley
But it was a restless sleep, and throughout the night her dreams were filled with crying children, a woman screaming and a little butterfly, trapped in a cold, grey prison. — Gemma Malley
Everyone would fear her again. And love her, of course. Mrs Pincent needed to be loved as much as wanted to be feared-to her they were two sides of the same coin. Both gave her total control. — Gemma Malley
There's a whole world out there, Anna, a whole world for us to explore. — Gemma Malley
The only people who fear death are the ones who haven't lived. — Gemma Malley
When you are weak, attack-it is the best defence. — Gemma Malley
Curiosity also makes a great student. — Gemma Malley
More question. You know that curiosity killed the cat? — Gemma Malley
Invention is not always good. Sometimes our inventions are too powerful for us to control. — Gemma Malley
Nature is not about preserving old things, but about creating new ones. New life. New ideas. — Gemma Malley
Humans are destructive animals, but they are also wise ones. — Gemma Malley
Because man still feared death, feared disappearing into nothingness, feared how death made each life insignificant. — Gemma Malley
You must question everything. You have to always ask why, and if you do not understand the answer, you ask again. — Gemma Malley
Science teaches us that we are rarely right. The whole discipline of science is aimed at proving ourselves wrong, isn't it? — Gemma Malley
You are a leader. It is time to lead. You must inspire, you must plan, you must make the world a better place. — Gemma Malley
The only tests worth passing are the ones we set ourselves. — Gemma Malley
Many people lost their lives fighting for these rights - to vote, to be free, to work, to be able to get on the same bus as someone considered their superior. And it was the next generations who embedded these changes, who came to view women as equals to men, who came to understand that skin colour is of no relevance. Young people are the future. Without them, the world stands still. — Gemma Malley
Reading and writing were a dangerous business; they made you think. — Gemma Malley
What does time matter when every moment is stolen anyway? — Gemma Malley
HELPING ME You think mr think I was infertile having to tell Anna she ... that she.. — Gemma Malley
I vow to serve, to pay my dues
And train myself for Legal use.
I vow to bear the Surplus shame
And repay Nature for the same
I vow to listen, not to speak;
To steel myself when I am weak.
I vow to work and most of all
To serve the State if it should call. — Gemma Malley
They let you down, you let them down, then they're your best friend, until next time. — Gemma Malley
Sometimes her curiosity got the better of her and she found herself furtively asking questions about his life before Grange Hall, pretending as she did so that she wasn't really that interested. The truth was that Peter was a window through which Anna could glimpse the world outside, and the temptation to keep looking was quite overwhelming. — Gemma Malley
Fear made people forget themselves ... Fear was a terribly destructive force. — Gemma Malley
The further away from something we are, the more we tend to mistrust it, Peter. we dislike the unknown, we reject anything alien to us: people with views that contradict ours, societies that are run along very different lines. — Gemma Malley
Secrets were never good. They were supposed to protect people, but they never did. They always made things worse. — Gemma Malley
You see, what I want is life. A real life, full of moments of joy, of anguish, of irritation, of fun. A life with an end point, which makes each second important. A life that is full of love, that doesn't cause suffering and pain. — Gemma Malley
All beauty has a dark side. Heaven can't exist without hell. — Gemma Malley
You will choose your path, or perhaps it will choose you. — Gemma Malley
Long life, short life-did it matter when each day was the same, when humans were incapable of living for the moment because of their fundamental need for order, for the comfort of everyday routine. — Gemma Malley
I rather enjoy being contradicted. It forces me to think harder. — Gemma Malley
But there was nothing beautiful about the word "brainwash". To clean the brain. To strip it bare. — Gemma Malley
Surplus meant unnecessary. Not required.
You couldn't be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn't be a Surplus if you were loved.
— Gemma Malley
I love you Anna Covey,' he said, his voice barely audible. And slowly, clumsily, he leant forward, and his lips found hers, and Anna felt him kiss her awkwardly, she knew that she wasn't a Surplus any more. And nor was Peter. — Gemma Malley
Humans may progress. They may think that they are moving forward because they have invented clever machines and because they control the land and sea. But man's capacity to inflict and endure pain is constant. Man's desire for power, to beat down his competition - it hasn't changed in the slightest. — Gemma Malley
Before he'd met Anna, he'd thought he'd known what love was, thought he'd understood about friendship, romance, all of it, but he hadn't - not at all. Until he'd held Anna in his arms, until he'd let her see into his soul, until he'd heard her cry gently when he made love to her for the first time, he'd known nothing. And now, sometimes, when it was just the two of them, when he smelt her hair, caught her eye, he felt as though he knew all there was to know about everything, as though they knew the secret of life. A secret far more powerful than Longevity, far more long-lasting. — Gemma Malley
Forever isn't important-it's now that counts. Doing the right thing. — Gemma Malley
But sometimes they all craved a little bit of danger, of excitement, of meaning, even if only to reinforce how very comfortable and secure their lives really were. — Gemma Malley
But each time, nothing was done, because change carried risks, because change led to instability, because new technology meant using precious energy, and because, at the end of the day, no one really cared. — Gemma Malley
The trouble with science geeks, as you call them, is that hey put discovery before anything else. It was a science geek who discovered the atom bomb. He didn't intend to cause mass murder, but he did nonetheless. — Gemma Malley