Desvigne Nickens Quotes & Sayings

It's not true that we are never given more than we can bear. Only it isn't given. — Patricia Cornwell

Respond; don't react.
Listen; don't talk.
Think; don't assume. — Raji Lukkoor

Caroline also marveled at the resilience of — Scott Pratt

The body has been made so problematic for women that it has often seemed easier to shrug it off and travel as a disembodied spirit. — Adrienne Rich

[About reading Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, age 14, in the back seat of his parents' sedan. I almost threw up. I got physically ill when I learned that ospreys and peregrine falcons weren't raising chicks because of what people were spraying on bugs at their farms and lawns. This was the first time I learned that humans could impact the environment with chemicals. [That a corporation would create a product that didn't operate as advertised] was shocking in a way we weren't inured to. — Carl Safina

But I'll never see any of those fish," said Maxie."Or those whales. Or any lions or tigers. I'm never going to set foot in a rain forest now, am I? I won't even be able to watch old DVD's about them without electricity. What does the future hold? It's like going back to the middle ages. Nobody knowing what was going on beyond their front doorstep. All I'll ever know is this. This little bit of London. — Charlie Higson

When we are able to see the choices we make through the eyes of self-acceptance, we are transformed. — Jodi Livon