Power By Naomi Alderman Quotes & Sayings

People are valuable, Mistress Vin, and so - therefore - are their beliefs. — Brandon Sanderson

The Iroquois take dreams very seriously. They see them as the secret wishes of the soul
the heart's desire, so to speak. Not all dreams, maybe, but the important ones. [p.254] — Kim Edwards

I personally have a philosophy around authenticity and vulnerability. — Astro Teller

Satire, though it may exaggerate the vice it lashes, is not justified in creating it in order that it may be lashed. — Anthony Trollope

I came out to L.A. to be a songwriter and not an artist, and I'm so excited because I always secretly wanted to be an artist. — Charlie Puth

When the car's going well, I purr like a kitten. — Buddy Rice

Life don't never get easy, does it? It just keeps getting harder in stranger ways. — Jonathan Maberry

I realize that the memories I cherish most are not the first night successes, but of simple, everyday things: walking through our garden in the country after rain; sitting outside a cafe in Provence, drinking the vin de pays; staying at a little hotel in an English market town with Larry, in the early days after our marriage, when he was serving in the Fleet Air Arm, and I was touring Scotland, so that we had to make long treks to spend weekends together. — Vivien Leigh

Human being's possess the cognitive ability to survey and study the biological and cultural constraints that influence us in order to gain an enhanced understanding of who each of us are. Comprehension of what comprises a self allows human beings to monitor and regulate their thoughts and actions and therefore revise and modify their sense of self. How much conscious control we assert over our minds as well as what decisions through default we leave essentially unregulated and in the sole providence of the unconscious mind determines our self-identity. Self-identity in turns affects personal decision-making, which alters our external world. The combined impact of millions of people making conscious choices exerts a profound impact upon reality, the physical world that is constantly in flux. — Kilroy J. Oldster

A heart filled with desire for
sweetness and tender souls
must not waste itself with unsavory matters. — Jalaluddin Rumi

One of them says, 'Why did they do it?'
And the other answers, 'Because they could.'
That is the only answer there ever is. — Naomi Alderman

We actually created Twitter and Odeo at the same time. When we realized we didn't really want to be running Odeo anymore we looked around for anyone who wanted to buy Odeo, but not acquire us as a technology. But people aren't as interested in that. — Biz Stone

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources. — Charles R. Swindoll

It doesn't matter that she shouldn't, that she never would. What matters is that she could, if she wanted. The power to hurt is a kind of wealth. — Naomi Alderman

exiled spirits, red
as the spotless toe of a seraph spread
with scarlet by the shame of rumpled dawns — Stephane Mallarme