Ruth Mancini > Ruth's Quotes

“Hanging on in Quiet Desperation is the English Way”
― Roger Waters

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana)

I've got news for Mr. Santayana: we're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. That's what it is to be alive.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“It's a strange kind of irony. The things that affect us most are the things we can't remember" (from Swimming Upstream).”
― Ruth Mancini, Swimming Upstream

“It was as if we were having two different conversations. Which wasn’t that surprising after all, as we were clearly having two entirely different experiences of breaking up. His was soft, cushioned; Jude and his friends had broken his fall. Mine was cold, empty and bereft. I was freefalling in space and time, with nobody standing by to stop me hurtling headlong into obscurity.”
― Ruth Mancini, Swimming Upstream

“You can't forgive if you don't acknowledge the offense.”
― Jenna Brooks, October Snow

“There it was again: “Came in to see us”, as if it were an enjoyable little day trip that lots of people made, just because it was such a nice place to be.”
― Ruth Mancini, Swimming Upstream

“Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”
― Oscar Wilde

“When a man can listen to a woman's feelings without getting angry and frustrated, he gives her a wonderful gift.
He makes it safe for her to express herself.
The more she is able to express herself, the more she feels heard and understood, and the more she is able to give a man the loving trust, acceptance, appreciation, admiration, approval, and encouragement that he needs.”
― John Gray, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

“If we are to feel the positive feelings of love, happiness, trust, and gratitude, we periodically also have to feel anger, sadness, fear, and sorrow.”
― John Gray, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus