“People are not totally good or bad, black or white - unless we are talking of evil psychos.
We, human beings, are somewhere between angels and demons. That is what makes us, human beings, lovely imperfect.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“There is no real light but just small sparks of happiness we should photograph to contain. But if we stop to photograph, we can’t enjoy them, the flash overexposes them and they disappear.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“We humans are such complicated and confused beings that we call the animals beasts.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“A mirror does not exist by itself. A mirror is a half. Half is done by the piece. The other half has to be done by the beholder. You need to be the half to see what you’re looking for, so the mirror can exist. As you should do with other persons.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“Sometimes, meu amor, we lose too much time asking ourselves questions that we can’t answer and forgetting that the answer is just beside us. You have to learn to ask and to listen. If one does not listen, the other does not exist. When the other does not exist, one is alone. I don’t want to be alone, do you?”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“A tree that falls makes a lot of noise. But a woodland that grows and spreads its roots, does it quietly.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“He towered over her, as intense and savage as only he could be, making her feel small and delicate in comparison, surrounded by his utter maleness. She felt trapped and she wanted to stay in his cage forever.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“If all of us in the world just shared love, just a little, charity foundations wouldn’t be needed.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“Sometimes, meu amor, we lose too much time asking ourselves questions that we can't answer and forgetting that the answer is just beside us”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“Apparently rational justifications will never explain all sorts of the different feelings and raw emotions art invoke in people.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
“You don't have to thank me. Ever. You're my wife and I want to share everything with you. Every little thing.”
― Cristiane Serruya, quote from Trust: Pandora's Box
Cristiane Serruya
Born place: in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born date April 25, 1970
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“If small groups are included in the decision-making process, then they should be allowed to make decisions. If an organization sets up teams and then uses them for purely advisory purposes, it loses the true advantage that a team has: namely, collective wisdom.”
― James Surowiecki, quote from The Wisdom of Crowds
“The whole world is pressing in on me, like a weight on my chest, slowly pushing me down and down. And there's nothing between me and this weight but my flimsy skin. It's not enough. It won't protect me. It doesn't keep anything out. The outside will keep pressing in until my ribs are crushed, and then my organs, my heart and liver and stomach....”
― Natalie Standiford, quote from How to Say Goodbye in Robot
“We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., quote from Letter from the Birmingham Jail
“The officers entered the Clinic with Noda. Passing through the mouth-like lobby, they proceeded along endlessly winding corridors and stairways lit only by red night lights, like a journey through the innards of a body, before at last finding themselves on the fourth floor. Yamaji’s research had already told them that Inui lived on the fourth floor, but it would have been too dangerous to use the elevator. Elevators commonly appear in dreams as symbols of sexual desires. As such, they thought it highly probable that the elevator would be used for an attack from the subconscious.”
― Yasutaka Tsutsui, quote from Paprika
“Yes, my eyes are closed to your light. I am an animal, a nigger. But I can be saved. You are fake niggers; maniacs, savages, misers, all of you.
- Bad Blood”
― Arthur Rimbaud, quote from A Season in Hell
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