Siobain Duffy Quotes & Sayings

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss — Maya Angelou

I would not have imagined that love himself would have such a fatal blow this. — Valentinno

The possessions of the rich are stolen property. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The strangeness and absurdity of these replies arise from the fact that modern history, like a deaf man, answers questions no one asks. — Leo Tolstoy

You'd think she'd be reasonable," he muttered.
"Most people aren't, even though they'd protest that they are. They prefer to be coaxed or wheedled, or even driven. That way they never make a mistake: if there is one, it's always due to something or somebody else. This going headlong for things is a mechanistic view, and people in general aren't machines. They have minds of their own-mostly peasant minds, at their easiest when they are in the familiar furrow. — John Wyndham

In every historical period, the religious groups that grow most rapidly are those that set believers at odds with the surrounding culture. — Nancy Pearcey

She didn't understand that. "How can anyone be afraid of love?"
"How can they not?" His face was completely aghast. "When you love someone ... truly love them, friend or lover, you lay your heart open to them. You give them a part of yourself that you give to no one else, and you let them inside a part of you that only they can hurt - you literally hand them the razor with a map of where to cut deepest and most painfully on your heart and soul. And when they do strike, it's crippling - like having your heart carved out. It leaves you naked and exposed, wondering what you did to make them want to hurt you so badly when all you did was love them. What is so wrong with you that no one can keep faith with you? That no one can love you? To have it happen once is bad enough ... but to have it repeated? Who in their right mind would not be terrified of that? — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Being willing and able to adapt quickly to changes has been proven many times to be a key quality in success.
Willing Change — Jane Collins