Jokubas741 Quotes & Sayings

Giovanni smiled his humble, grateful smile and told me in as many ways as he could find how wonderful it was to have me there, how I stood, with my love and my ingenuity, between him and the dark. Each day he invited me to witness how he had changed, how love had changed him, how he worked and sang and cherished me. I was in a terrible confusion. Sometimes I thought, but this is your life. Stop fighting it. Stop fighting. Or I thought, but I am happy, And he loves me. I am safe. Sometimes, when he was not near me, I thought, I will never let him touch me again. Then, when he touched me, I thought it doesn't matter, it is only the body, it will soon be over. When it was over I lay in the dark and listen to his breathing and dreamed of the touch of hands, of Giovanni's hands, or anybody's hands, hands which would have the power to crash me and make me whole again. — James Baldwin

Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease ... we do need to talk about it. — Lisa Gardner

The time to prepare for life's disappointments and hurts is in advance. — Billy Graham

I'm sure other writers have no difficulties writing nice. — Justine Larbalestier

Well, we like to let down our hair and pep it up at the dances, but we keep it slower when we broadcast. We have to please everybody, and that softer music appeals to the larger amount of people. It's like eating too much cake. You have to have your steak too. — Vaughn Monroe

Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired. — Allison Anders

Fascism of the masses is nothing but disillusioned radicalism plus nationalistic philistinism — Wilhelm Reich

Adversity is the midwife of genius — Napoleon Bonaparte

I certainly don' think I could've played the character [Idi Amin] the same way without being in Uganda. I loved working in Uganda. — Forest Whitaker