Suzanne Massie Quotes & Sayings

Pain heightens every sense. More powerfully than any drug, it intensifies colors, sounds, sight, feelings. Pain is like a glass wall. It is impossible to climb it, but you must, and, somehow, you do. Then there is an explosion of brilliance and the world is more apparent in its complexity and beauty. — Suzanne Massie

All the devil asks is acquiescence; not conflict, not struggle. Acquiescence. — Suzanne Massie

When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts frustrated, it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems. — Suzanne Massie

France, like every other Western country except the United States, has long accepted the principle that comprehensive health care is the right of every citizen. No Frenchman need ever fear that catastrophic illness will wipe him out financially. How long, do you suppose, will it take us, in the United States, to catch up? — Suzanne Massie

To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare. — Suzanne Massie

When pain has been constant, it has its own momentum and laws. The vital thing is to break its ascendancy over the mind. — Suzanne Massie

Evil is near. Sometimes late at night the air grows strongly clammy and cold around me. I feel it brushing me. All that the Devil asks is acquiescence not struggle, not conflict. Acquiescence. — Suzanne Massie

Russians understand the rhythm of despair. — Suzanne Massie

. . . people are only loaned to those who love them; they cannot be held, but can disappear in a moment without reason, without justice, without hope. — Suzanne Massie

All that the Devil asks is acquiescence ... — Suzanne Massie