Valerie Plessinger > Valerie's Quotes

“I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,” laughed Adam. “We won’t have to dispose of the body. I’ll get a pan and brush in a minute and flush him down the toilet.”
― Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and the Master

“Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?” he asked. Yellow hair like hers was rare among the Greeks. Though some people say that Helen of Troy . . .”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“There is no fixing. There is only moving forward in the brokenness.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

“Life is funny that way. Sometimes the dumbest thing you do turns out to be the smartest.”
― Robyn Mundell, Brainwalker

“She is like all the rest of them. Whether they are seventeen or fortyseven, when they finally come to surrender completely, it's going to be in words.”
― William Faulkner, Light in August

“Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.”
― Randy Pausch

“Και να θυμάστε. Ποτέ, σε καμία περίπτωση, να μην απελπίζεστε. Η ελπίδα και η δράση είναι καθήκον μας στη δυστυχία. Η αδράνεια της απόγνωσης ισοδυναμεί με λήθη και παραβίαση του καθήκοντος.”
― Pasternak Boris, Doktor Zhivago

“Consciousness and Healing

To proceed very far through the desert, you must be willing to meet existential suffering and work it through. In order to do this, the attitude toward pain has to change. This happens when we accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth.”
― Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth