Sandra > Sandra's Quotes

“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?”
― Anais Nin

“There are women who make things better... simply by showing up. There are women who make things happen. There are women who make their way. There are women who make a difference. And women who make us smile. There are women of wit and wisdom who- through strength and courage- make it through. There are women who change the world everyday... Women like you.”
― Ashley Rice

“Wstrzymując oddech, usty chwytał jej westchnienie.
I okiem łowił wszystkie jej wzroku promienie.”
― Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz

“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”
― Jess C. Scott, The Intern

“Most men claim to desire driven, independent and confident women. Yet when confronted with such a creature reverence often evolves into resent. For just like women, men need to be needed.”
― Tiffany Madison

“Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.”
― Émile Zola

“Notre plus grande peur est la peur d'aimer. Toute souffrance a commencé par l'amour ; l'amour bafoué, renié, ignoré. L'abandon ou les cris dans une chambre d'enfant.
Si c'est cette peur qui nous fait souhaiter construire un univers où nous n'aurons plus peur - où régnera une atmosphère de sécurité- , alors l'impulsion créatrice n'est pas la bonne. Si c'est la peur qui nous fait rêver d'un monde sans violence, nous y programmons aussitôt la violence.
"Qui préfère la sécurité à la liberté aura vite fait de perdre les deux."
Il faut sortir de l'illusion sécurisante.
L'amour, par nature, met en danger. L'amour nous emporte au large, loin des estuaires et des ports de plaisance. Il décoiffe les anxieux, les craintifs, les inquiets. (p. 79-80)”
― Christiane Singer, N'oublie pas les chevaux écumants du passé

“I've never been lonely. I've been in a room -- I've felt suicidal. I've been depressed. I've felt awful -- awful beyond all -- but I never felt that one other person could enter that room and cure what was bothering me...or that any number of people could enter that room. In other words, loneliness is something I've never been bothered with because I've always had this terrible itch for solitude. It's being at a party, or at a stadium full of people cheering for something, that I might feel loneliness. I'll quote Ibsen, "The strongest men are the most alone." I've never thought, "Well, some beautiful blonde will come in here and give me a fuck-job, rub my balls, and I'll feel good." No, that won't help. You know the typical crowd, "Wow, it's Friday night, what are you going to do? Just sit there?" Well, yeah. Because there's nothing out there. It's stupidity. Stupid people mingling with stupid people. Let them stupidify themselves. I've never been bothered with the need to rush out into the night. I hid in bars, because I didn't want to hide in factories. That's all. Sorry for all the millions, but I've never been lonely. I like myself. I'm the best form of entertainment I have. Let's drink more wine!”
― Charles Bukowski