Petraeus Broadwell Quotes & Sayings

It was her pleasure, her joy, to make me still the master in all things. — Charlotte Bronte

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse. — George Bernard Shaw

I know that for every mother, there is always the possibility of three in your relationship with your daughter. You, your daughter the way she is, and your daughter the way you want her to be. I learned the hard way ten years ago that that kind of control is an illusion and a barrier. — Claire Fontaine

The novel was simple, heartwarming, painful, and lovely, all in perfect doses." -Writer's Digest Review of Emily Nelson's The Locket — Emily Nelson

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. — W. H. Auden

I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together. — Judy Blume

A few months into my research, General Petraeus, who was then leading Central Command, invited me to go for a run with him and his team along the Potomac River during one of his visits to Washington. I figured I could interview him while we ran. — Paula Broadwell

I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model. — Paula Broadwell

My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure. — Abraham Lincoln

Perhaps one cannot, what is more one must not, understand what happened, because to understand [the Holocaust] is almost to justify ... no normal human being will ever be able to identify with Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Eichmann, and endless others. This dismays us, and at the same time gives us a sense of relief, because perhaps it is desirable that their words (and also, unfortunately, their deeds) cannot be comprehensible to us. They are non-human words and deeds, really counter-human ... — Primo Levi

You can go other places, all right - you can live on the other side of the world, but you can't ever leave home — Sue Monk Kidd

The fact that people die because of an AK-47 is not because of the designer, but because of politics. — Mikhail Kalashnikov

That was how he would go on tormenting her, after his physical departure from her life. A baroque plan, byzantine even, a plan that both pleased and shamed him.
He awaited only the night, this one grotesque, terrible night. — Sherry Thomas

The sinner does not need more grace than the saint, nor does the immature and undisciplined believer need more than the godly, zealous missionary. We all need the same amount of grace because the "currency" of our good works is debased and worthless before God. — Jerry Bridges

God has not the slightest need for our proofs. — Karl Barth

I introduced myself to then-Lieutenant General Petraeus and told him about my research interests; he gave me his card and offered to put me in touch with other researchers and service members working on the same issues. — Paula Broadwell

... I'm so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much. — L.M. Montgomery

We are like prison soldiers committed to an idea. The hills slant upwards tall and unmoving, like giant watchful things if we were not rushing and moving so intently it would be nice to stop and appreciate their own silent ancient beauty. — Annie Fisher