Desnos Trauma Quotes & Sayings

In the screwed-up life I'd been dealt, she was my only source of comfort. — Abbi Glines

The bushes are thick and smell like unripe bananas. Stiff branches and monster-sized leaves block the path, but I walk forward anyway, praying I don't end up falling off a cliff because I can't see where I'm going. I fully comprehend right now why those explorers on TV walk through the jungle dramatically whacking at leaves with three-foot-long machetes. I never thought I'd need one in LA. — Rachel A. Marks

He smiled affably at the burglar, a burly fellow whom he continued to hold with one hand, as easily as if he had been a child. The entire household had been aroused, and a good number of them had joined in, shouting questions and brandishing various deadly instruments. The burglar glared wildly at Emerson, bare to the waist and bulging with muscle - at Gargery and his cudgel - at Selim, fingering a knife even longer than Nefret's - at assorted footmen armed with pokers, spits, and cleavers - and at the giant form of Daoud advancing purposefully toward him. 'It's a bleedin' army!' he gurgled. 'The lyin' barstard said you was some kind of professor! — Elizabeth Peters

In all places, and in all times, those religionists who have believed too much have been more inclined to violence and persecution than those who have believed too little. — Charles Caleb Colton

I have an extensive library - every birthday when I was a kid my parents would ask what movie or book I wanted, so I have built up a big collection over the years. — Mark Bridges

The truly fashionable are beyond fashion. — Cecil Beaton

The hard and mighty lie beneath the ground
While the tender and weak dance on the breeze above. — Lao-Tzu

If you have people who are high-performing working for you, it's so easy to do your job. Otherwise, you can't even agree on the time of the meeting or who will bring the coffee. — Douglas Conant

Brilliant? Ha! Your about as bright as a black hole!' Ellen resorted. — Charles Ogden

I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg. — Jeff Bezos

Entrepreneurship, with the right mindset, can help anyone reach his goals in life. — Joey A. Concepcion