Dusseau Dr Quotes & Sayings

Christopher discovered that you dealt with obnoxious masters and most older boys the way you dealt with governesses: you quite politely told them the truth in the way they wanted to hear it, so that they thought they had won and left you in peace. — Diana Wynne Jones

He who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him. — Lord Byron

I hope you don't expect fairness from me, Alina. It isn't one of my specialties. — Leigh Bardugo

James Bond:
a paid assassin of plutocratic cartels,
a womanizer,
a dipsomaniac,
a speed demon,
a materialist. — O Anna Niemus

Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless. — Lech Walesa

One man's greed is another man's tragedy. — B.B. Reid

Never let hope elude you. That is life's biggest fumble. — Robert Zuppke

Many years ago he had taken the passion he felt for Susan and folded it in half, so he no longer had a drowning, helpless feeling when he glimpsed her beside him in bed: her ropy arms and soft, generous ass. Then he'd folded it in half again, so when he felt desire for Susan, it no longer brought with it the edgy terror of never being satisfied. Then in half again, so that feeling desire entailed no immediate need to act. Then in half again, so he hardly felt it. His desire was so small in the end that Ted could slip it inside his desk or a pocket and forget about it, and this gave him a feeling of safety and accomplishment, having dismantled a perilous apparatus that might have crushed them both. — Jennifer Egan

Patience is a particular requirement. Without it, you can destroy in an hour what it might take you weeks to repair. — Charlie W Shedd

But there were times when you needed trees, and the shame of it, Jaime thought, was that his children were growing up thinking of trees as firewood and his grandchildren would think of trees as history. But — Terry Pratchett

I didn't, because the idea of apologizing felt inadequate. I wasn't sure that I was ready to be forgiven. So I kept quiet and swallowed my guilt. — Penny Reid

Geometry alone is not enough to portray human desires, expressions, aspirations, joys. We need more. — Akira Yoshizawa