Donvale Quotes & Sayings

Say all the bad things you can imagine so they won't happen. — Anonymous

Life is not as idle ore,
But iron dug from central gloom,
And heated hot with burning fears,
And dipt in baths of hissing tears,
And batter'd with the shocks of doom,
To shape and use. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;
Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see
A child sitting under the piano, in the boom of the tingling strings
And pressing the small, poised feet of a mother who smiles as she
sings. — D.H. Lawrence

Ever since I was 7 years old, I wanted to be great. — Gloria Trevi

Countries are like fruit-the worms are always inside. — Jean Giraudoux

There is more hope in a heather rose than in all the tons of Teutonic philosophy. — Lin Yutang

Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos. They are a source of useless nit-picking, the ferocious quibble over a comma. — Frank Herbert

It is my hope that this book helps those who know and love people with DID: family members, lovers, coworkers, and friends. It is also my hope that those charged with intervening in families in which there is violence will take away a more nuanced approach to their important work, informed by a deeper understanding of trauma.
Most of all, I hope that those of you who have DID know that the disorder itself is an incredible survival technique. You should feel proud to have survived. Trauma has had a major impact on my life, as it has on yours, but I've learned that my life extends beyond the pain and darkness. Survivors of trauma are full of life, creativity, courage, and love. We are more than the sum of our parts. — Olga Trujillo

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way that I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. — Oliver Burkeman

I am not a therapist. I am not a spiritual leader. These elements are in the art: it is therapeutic, spiritual, social and political - everything. It has many layers. But art has to have many layers. If it doesn't, then forget it. — Marina Abramovic

note that Sebastian's were now bright with — Nora Roberts

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy. — Charles Baudelaire

I don't forgive people.Just ask Shauna Bradley. We were best friends in kindergarten until I discovered she was the one stealing the fruit snacks from my desk. She lost my trust that day, and
even now when I see her, I have to refrain myself from shouting, Why? Why did you do it?! — Nicole Christie

The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening. — Randy Pausch

I would say that during my lifetime, one of the worst political scandals in Sweden was absolutely what happened surrounding the affair of the submarines in Swedish waters in 1982, where there were supposed to be Russian submarines close to Stockholm. And the military of Sweden never got one up. — Henning Mankell