Geraldine Brooks Quotes
There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.
Quotes to Explore
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Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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My whole life was geared toward being a highly educated person.
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I love design.
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I take the time to look at my videos after a fight to see not what I did right but what I did wrong, to learn from those mistakes.
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The aristocracy most widely developed in America is that of wealth.
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To play vinyl onstage is not my thing. For me, vinyl is for home listening.
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If I know anything about the character of God after fifty years of ministry, I know that God hates abortion.
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Its okay I'm wearing really big knickers.
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In 1850, I believe, the church property in the United States, which paid no tax, amounted to $87 million. In 1900, without a check, it is safe to say, this property will reach a sum exceeding $3 billion. I would suggest the taxation of all property equally.
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If i should enter the house and speak with my own voice, at last, about its awful furnitutre, pulling apart the covering over the dusty bodies; the randy father, the husband holding ice in his hand like a blessing, the mother bleeding into herself and the small imploding girl, i say if i should walk into that web, who will come flying after me, leaping tall buildings? you?
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Theres nothing half so pleasant as coming home again.
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Although we should not love our friends for the good that they do us, it is a sign that they do not love us much if they do not do us good when they have the power to do so.
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The secret of man's success resides in his insight into the moods of people, and his tact in dealing with them.
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Deciding what gets my time is very simple: I ask, What am I passionate about?
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The genius which runs to madness is no longer genius.
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In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom.
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Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.
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Memory implies that there is some static time and place you can go back to, whereas if you relive it by trying to put yourself back in that context, its more nuanced, less black and white. More traumatic, but also more exciting. When I knew I had to write about things that would be painful, I put off doing it for ages. But then eventually the fear of not doing it becomes greater than the fear of doing it.
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There are always a few who stand up in times of communal madness and have the courage to say that what unites us is greater than what divides us.
