Dorrien Davies Quotes & Sayings

Life is not having, it's wanting. Life is not taking, it's giving. Life is not dying, it's living. — Heather Dorff

Every pain, addiction, anguish, longing, depression, anger or fear
is an orphaned part of us
seeking joy,
some disowned shadow
wanting to return
to the light
and home
of ourselves. — Jacob Nordby

It is often simply from lack of creative imagination that we do not go far enough in suffering. — Marcel Proust

Why aren't you happy? It's because ninety-nine percent of everything you do, and think, and say, is for yourself -- and there isn't one. — Wei Wu Wei

It seems so long ago that he was last afraid of anything. Seventeen, was he then? Eighteen? Sometimes he thinks he's missing a lot by being like this - fear gives life a fillip. He wonders how it is he lost it all, and what there is - if anything - ever to bring it back. ("Jane Brown's Body") — Cornell Woolrich

Four days after his own funeral, Albert Wilkes came home for Tea. — Justin Richards

It is good for children to find themselves facing the elements of a fairy tale - they are well-equipped to deal with these — Neil Gaiman