Robert Wiersema famous quotes

As she cried, I could feel growing there, as had once before, a presence between us: the tiny perfect form of Sherry nestled between her parents' bodies. Our bodies were shaped by her absence, by the almost unbearable weight of her loss.
-- Robert Wiersema

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The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

I am tortured too. I am tortured by belly fat and magazine covers about how to please everyone but myself. I am tortured by sheep who click on anything that will guarantee a ten-pound loss in one week. Sheep who will get on their knees if it means someone will like them more. I am tortured by my inability to want to hang out with desperate sheep. I am tortured by ***** yearbooks full of bullshit. I met you when. I'll miss the times. I'll keep in touch. Best friends forever. Is this okay? Are you all right? Are you tortured too?

Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave, This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found, Muse, that presides o'er all the Powers of Sound.

Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.

Islam is perfect, there is nothing to be added or changed.

My parents just tell me, ‘If you know what you want, you should stay determined and go for it. You can do anything.’

I was so thankful that my parents trusted me enough and had enough faith in my abilities to let me follow my passion and try to do something great, even if I might fail.

I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

You look up to your parents and you want them to accept you, and you don't want them to look at you in a negative light. So you do things to make them proud and accept you.