“Grief was just the moment before you tied the thread and began the next one”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, quote from Lady of the English
“Grief was just the moment before you tied off the thread and began the next one. That was when you made your choice about what you were going to sew next.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, quote from Lady of the English
“Being a king was not about pleasing people. It was about controlling them.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, quote from Lady of the English
“afternoon and the furniture is all assembled.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, quote from Lady of the English
“Those who walk with their heads in the air usually don’t see the shit on the ground until they tread in it.”
― Elizabeth Chadwick, quote from Lady of the English
Elizabeth Chadwick
Born place: The United Kingdom
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“Mistakes can be fixed. Bad decisions can be undone. Model houses can be rebuilt. And perfection is only a word that makes you feel bad about yourself.”
― Jessica Brody, quote from My Life Undecided
“schizophrenia and had developed a split personality”
― Douglas E. Richards, quote from Wired
“He who sees the Infinite in all things sees God. He who sees the Ratio only sees himself only. Therefore God becomes as we are, that we may be as he is.”
― William Blake, quote from The Complete Illuminated Books
“Tylko w więzieniu łatwo jest zrozumieć, że życie bez czekania na cokolwiek nie ma najmniejszego sensu i wypełnia się po brzegi rozpaczą. Czekając na samotność, baliśmy się jej jednocześnie. Była ona jedyną namiastką wolności, za którą w chwilach zupełnego odprężenia płaciło się ulgą i fizycznym prawie bólem płaczu. Taki jest jednak zawsze pierwszy odruch beznadziejności: wiara, że w samotności cierpienie zahartuje się i wysublimuje jak w ogniu oczyszczającym. Mało ludzi potrafi naprawdę znieść samotność, ale wielu marzy o niej jak o ostatniej ucieczce. Podobnie jak myśl o samobójstwie, myśl o samotności bywa najczęściej jedyną formą protestu, na jaką nas stać, gdy wszystko zawiodło, a śmierć ma w sobie jeszcze ciągle więcej grozy niż uroku. Myśl, sama tylko myśl, gdyż rozpacz płynąca z świadomości jest większa od rozpaczy odrętwienia.”
― Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, quote from A World Apart
“A country running deficits under the gold exchange standard could find itself like a tenant whose landlord does not collect rent payments for a year and then suddenly demands immediate payment of twelve months’ back rent. Some tenants would have saved for the inevitable rainy day, but many others would not be able to resist the easy credit and would find themselves short of funds and facing eviction.”
― James Rickards, quote from Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis
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