Yeganeh Torbati Quotes & Sayings

The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if you can only see it. — Hilary Mantel

We don't actually fear death, we fear that no one will notice our absence, that we will disappear without a trace. — T. S. Eliot

The full history of the interlocking participation of the Imperial German Government and international finance in the destruction of the Russian Empire is not yet written ... It is not a mere coincidence that at the notorious meeting held at Stockholm in 1916, between the former Russian Minister of the Interior, Protopopoff, and the German Agents, the German Foreign Office was represented by Mr. Warburg, whose two brothers were members of the international banking firm, Kuhn, Loeb and Company, of which the late Mr. Jacob Schiff was a senior member. — Boris Brasol

Google and Accurint can make you feel very smart, but the best stories come when you're out in the field. — Jonathan Franzen

She was brave from wine and unseasonable sunshine and the newfound closeness of home. — Claire Vaye Watkins

Plant
it
It will sprout
But forget about the rustic festivities
For the explosive word falls harmlessly eternal through
the compact generations — Jean Cocteau

And maybe one day I'll be found, and someone will explain to me why I am the way that I am. Or maybe not. After all, some stories aren't meant to be told. — Jenny Lawson