"The pity of living only once is that there is no way, ever, to be sure which sorrows are inevitable."

--

Rosellen Brown

#Sorrow Quotes #Way Quotes #Pity Quotes

“Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.”
“What do you think will be the biggest problem in computing in the 90's? There are only 17,000 three-letter acronyms.”
“Satan labels you. God names you.”
“Youâ€™re crowding me. I needâ€” room.â€... What I needed were boundaries. I needed willpower. I needed to be caged up, since yet again I was proving I couldnâ€™t be trusted in Patchâ€™s presence. I should have been bolting for the door, and yet â€¦ I wasnâ€™t.”
“The food industry, its trade associations, and research foundations, is well financed and highly organized to pressure the FDA.”
“Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.”
“Actually, I jade very quickly. Once is usually enough. Either once only, or every day. If you do something once itâ€™s exciting, and if you do it every day itâ€™s exciting. But if you do it, say, twice or just almost every day, itâ€™s not good any more.”
“Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection, there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sigh that you will recognize it.”

Source : Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.67, Psychology Press

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