Suiters Brookfield Quotes & Sayings

All these years, these angers, these hardenings, this desire to control, I had thought I had to snap the hand closed to shield joy's fragile flame from the blasts. In a storm of struggles, I had tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But palms curled into protective fists fill with darkness. I feel that sharply, even in this ... and this realization in all its full emptiness: My own wild desire to protect my joy at all costs is the exact force that kills my joy. — Ann Voskamp

The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French. — Wilfrid Laurier

Another time, we had three days off in Australia, so we went out of our way to fly to Ayres Rock. — Phil Collins

Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to stay awake throughout the day. — Tahereh Mafi

I have stood in the places where history was made. I have seen with my own eyes the part that men and women of faith have played in these earthshaking events, and I have heard with my own ears their cries for freedom. — Billy Graham