“Als je eenmaal hebt geaccepteerd dat niemand je ooit zal begrijpen en je hebt dat overweldigende gevoel van eenzaamheid overwonnen, dan heeft het wel iets prettigs, eerlijk gezegd. Jij bent de enige deskundige in je eigen kleine wereldje, en je kunt doen waar je zin in hebt.”
― Sophie Hannah, quote from Hurting Distance
“Fazemos tanto mal a nós e aos outros quando nos ofendemos quanto ao ofendermos.”
― Sophie Hannah, quote from Hurting Distance
“Para qualquer um que experimentou brutalidade deliberada, a menor gentileza se torna para sempre um choque depois.”
― Sophie Hannah, quote from Hurting Distance
“Algumas vezes você tem de ser corajosa e fazer algo que não se encaixa no padrão geral apenas para sacudir um pouco as coisas, para fazer acontecer.”
― Sophie Hannah, quote from Hurting Distance
“Pessoas demais ficam olhando e não fazem nada para ajudar pessoas com problemas.”
― Sophie Hannah, quote from Hurting Distance
“Em vez de desperdiçar toda a minha energia reagindo às muitas coisas ruins que tinham me acontecido, ia correr atrás de uma coisa boa.”
― Sophie Hannah, quote from Hurting Distance
“Há muita incoerência sem sentido no mundo, a maior parte fruto de estupidez.”
― Sophie Hannah, quote from Hurting Distance
Sophie Hannah
Born place: in The United Kingdom
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“The man stands behind the man.
The seated man thinks,
"For heaven's sake, stop standing behind me.
You are driving me mad. It is February and it is impossible.
Someone has thrown onion skins all over the stairwell. Now I will have to clean them up - though I love to sweep. But still, it is disgusting."
But all he says is "I have to go soon."
Why can't people tell the truth?
It is impossible not to lie.
It is February and not lying is impossible.”
― Maira Kalman, quote from The Principles of Uncertainty
“I could feel his heart pump and his muscles strain," she said, "when he balanced himself and me on the rocks. I knew that if we fell, we’d go together; he would never drop me".”
― Willa Cather, quote from A Lost Lady
“I was a shy kid and I was afraid what I said sounded stupid, so I hardly ever said anything. I was the third wheel. Fifth wheel? I was the fucking wheel you didn't really need, but I still hung around. I thought maybe my silence would one day impress somebody. As of yet, it hadn't done much for me.”
― Joe Meno, quote from Hairstyles of the Damned
“Nor did I grasp the capacity of love's absence to destroy, that my lack of love for myself made my own life unbearable. You take someone whose life experiences have taught them they're worthless, string them out on drugs, and you have one miserable person. How could I have given what I didn't have? It's hard to value another life when you view your own as dispensable, hard to understand how you can have so great an effect on someone else when you don't think you matter.”
― quote from Comeback: A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Hell and Back
“Barry's of a mind it's better to be silent and presumed a fool than to open your mouth and remove doubt altogether.”
― quote from The List of Seven
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