Gerlene Gibson Quotes & Sayings

When we lose our innocence - when we start feeling the weight of the atmosphere and learn that there's death in the pot - we take leave of our sense. — Annie Dillard

When the possessions and households of citizens are no longer honored by the acts, as well as the principles, of their government, then the concentration camp ceases to be one of the possibilities of human nature and becomes one of its likelihoods. — Wendell Berry

It's only in uncertainty that we're naked and alive. — Peter Gabriel

The real drama of life is never centerstage. It's always in the wings. — Fred Rogers

I think good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess. You don't actually consummate it, but you get to pretend, imagine what it would be like. — John Cusack

Winslow hurled stones at the little tree. Wrung its trunk as if it were a throat. He flailed and throttled the sapling to the ground. Winslow hugged its limbs and tried to weep, but was, at last, dry of tears. Under a pale moon, Winslow knew he no longer belonged to the world of men and would forever roam the woods as a lost son of the civil. — Alan Heathcock

Mail from home was so important when you were traveling. It kept you in touch with the familiar, even the part you were running from. — Helen Van Slyke

It was like she knew a secret, a good one, and if you got close enough, maybe she'll tell you, too. — Morgan Matson

There is an affinity between falling asleep and dying that cannot be ignored. In fact, the word sleep is commonly used as a euphemism for "death"; we speak of putting a pet to sleep, rather than admitting we have asked a veterinarian to (kindly) kill him or her. — Anonymous