14 quotes found
“The French have a term for this brazenness: je men foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn.”
“The French have a term for this brazenness: je m’en foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn.”
“joy is not just about being happy. Joy is a rigorous spiritual practice of saying yes to life on lifes terms,”
“As one widow put it to me, Strength doesnt mean being able to stand up to anything, but being able to crawl on your belly a long, long time before you can stand up again.”
“Survival requires a dose of madnesswhat cynics call hoping against hopejust like art does; you conjure your future from white space, locate the hidden person, yourself, against this unfamiliar back...”
“You go on with your life, because life goes on, says Isabel. You see this in anyone who has survived a traumatic situation. My own daughter died, for example. Her only daughter, Paula Frias, died o...”
“Reinvention is my philosophy, if you want to call it that, he says, looking out the window. Imagination is the key to creating a life that is ever new. Stanley turns his eyes to me. We are each of ...”
“The quest for knowledge is what makes humans survive, even if it hurts. I have trouble imagining that this minence grise was once a sixteen-year-old Hungarian boy in a death camp. Theres a troubles...”
“When people are in need, you must be present. When people suffer, you must let them know youre suffering with them. The good side of bad acts? I say. I would not say that from horror comes goodness...”
“The quest for knowledge is what makes humans survive, even if it hurts.” I have trouble imagining that this éminence grise was once a sixteen-year-old Hungarian boy in a death camp. “There’s a trou...”
“Reinvention is my philosophy, if you want to call it that,” he says, looking out the window. “Imagination is the key to creating a life that is ever new.” Stanley turns his eyes to me. “We are each...”
“You go on with your life, because life goes on,” says Isabel. “You see this in anyone who has survived a traumatic situation. My own daughter died, for example.” Her only daughter, Paula Frias, die...”
“As one widow put it to me, “Strength doesn’t mean being able to stand up to anything, but being able to crawl on your belly a long, long time before you can stand up again.”
“Survival requires a dose of madness—what cynics call “hoping against hope”—just like art does; you conjure your future from white space, locate the hidden person, yourself, against this unfamiliar ...”
