Emmy Plock > Emmy's Quotes

“His chest protruded like a deprived marigold craning its petals to soak in the sun.”
― H. Meadow Hopewell, Rage Against the Machine

“Today, she’d watch more closely”
― D.L. Maddox, Killer

“I even seemed to be moving in kind of robotic, audio-animatronic fashion, beep boop.”
― Gary Clemenceau, Banker's Holiday: A Novel of Fiscal Irregularity

“Sarah shook her head. Babysitting was a tough job. And having kids? Playing Lady Macbeth was a whole lot easier.”
― Theasa Tuohy, Mademoiselle le Sleuth

“His remains consigned to the elements and wolves, would scattered across the March.”
― Gabriel F.W. Koch, Steel Blood

“We cannot choose our rebirth, but we are reborn according to our karma.”
― Michael G. Kramer, The Full Circle for Mick

“I saw a meme the other day with a picture of Marilyn Manson and Robin Williams. It said about the former, this isn’t the face of depression, and about the latter, this is. This really struck a chord and it’s been on my mind since then. As someone who has continuously dipped in and out of chronic depression and anxiety for close to three decades now, and I’ve never previously spoken about the subject, I finally thought it was time I did.
These days it’s trendy for people to think they’re cool and understanding about mental illness, posting memes and such to indicate so. But the reality is far different to that. It seems most people think if they publicly display such understanding then perhaps a friend will come to them, open up, and calmly discuss their problems. This will not happen. For someone in that seemingly hopeless void of depression and anxiety the last thing they are likely to do is acknowledge it, let alone talk about it. Even if broached by a friend they will probably deny there is a problem and feel even more distanced from the rest of the world.
So nobody can do anything to help, right? No. If right now you suspect one of your friends is suffering like this then you’re probably right. If right now you think that none of your friends are suffering like this then you’re probably wrong. By all means make your public affirmations of understanding, but at least take on board that an attempt to connect on this subject by someone you care about could well be cryptic and indirect.
When we hear of celebrities who suffered and finally took their own lives the message tends to be that so many close friends had no idea. This is woeful, but it’s also great, right? Because by not knowing there was a problem there is no burden of responsibility on anyone else. This is another huge misconception, that by acknowledging an indirect attempt to connect on such a complex issue that somehow you are accepting responsibility to fix it. This is not the case. You don’t have to find a solution. Maybe just listen. Many times over the years I’ve seen people recoil when they suspect that perhaps that is the direct a conversation is about to turn, and they desperately scramble for anything that can immediately change the subject. By acknowledging you’ve heard and understood doesn’t mean you are picking up their burden and carrying it for them.
Anyway, I’ve said my piece. And please don’t think this is me reaching out for help. If this was my current mindset the last thing I’d ever do is write something like this, let alone share it.”
― R.D. Ronald

“Ruth, do what you must to keep our family out of harm’s way.”
― Dorlies von Kaphengst Meissner Rasmussen, Escaping the Russian Onslaught: A Family’s Story of Fleeing the Russian Army after Hitler’s Nazi Regime

“this Constitution”
― Founding Fathers, The United States Constitution

“The worst surroundings in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

“In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes.”
― Dan Simmons, Hyperion

“We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.”
― Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man

“Osserva quella miserabile creatura. Quel Punto è un Essere come noi, ma confinato nel baratro adimensionale. Egli stesso è tutto il suo Mondo, tutto il suo Universo; egli non può concepire altri fuor di se stesso: egli non conosce lunghezza, né larghezza, né altezza, poiché non ne ha esperienza; non ha cognizione nemmeno del numero Due; né ha un'idea della pluralità, poiché egli è in se stesso il suo Uno e il suo Tutto, essendo in realtà Niente. Eppure nota la sua soddisfazione totale, e traine questa lezione: che l'essere soddisfatti di sé significa essere vili e ignoranti, e che è meglio aspirare a qualcosa che essere ciecamente, e impotentemente, felici.”
― Edwin A. Abbott, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

“کم کم یاد خواهی گرفت تفاوت ظریف میان نگهداشتن یک دست و زنجیر کردن یک روح را اینکه عشق تکیه کردن نیست و رفاقت، اطمینان خاطر و یاد می‌گیری که بوسه‌ها قرارداد نیستند و هدیه‌ها، معنی عهد و پیمان نمی‌دهند

کم کم یاد میگیری

که حتی نور خورشید هم می‌سوزاند اگر زیاد آفتاب بگیری

باید باغِ خودت را پرورش دهی به جای اینکه منتظر کسی باشی تا برایت گل بیاورد

یاد میگیری که میتوانی تحمل کنی

که محکم باشی پای هر خداحافظی

یاد می‌گیری که خیلی می‌ارزی”
― خورخه لوییس بورخس