"Suffering brings the patient to us...the patient needs to feel heard and seen-that is, met, by another person."

-- Leston Havens

#Suffering Quotes #Needs Quotes #Patient Quotes

“Immortalityâ€”dazzling idea! who first imagined thee! Was it some jolly burgher of Nuremburg, who with night-cap on his head, and white clay pipe in mouth, sat on some pleasant summer evening before his door, and reflected in all his comfort, that it would be right pleasant, if, with unextinguishable pipe, and endless breath, he could thus vegetate onwards for a blessed eternity? Or was it a lover, who in the arms of his loved one, thought the immortality-thought, and that because he could think and feel naught beside!â€”Love! Immortality!”
“For the first time in history it is now possible to take care of everybody at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. Only ten years ago the 'more with less' technology reached the point where this could be done. All humanity now has the option to become enduringly successful.”
“NSA, the only part of government that actually listens.”
“Jesus isn't a God who stayed on the mountaintop - he's a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people.”
“Nature does not capriciously scatter her secrets as golden gifts to lazy pets and luxurious darlings, but imposes tasks when she presents opportunities, and uplifts him whom she would inform. The apple that she drops at the feet of Newton is but a coy invitation to follow her to the stars.”
“Girls," their mother interjected, "you must both stop being strange - it is unattractive. And don't forget your hats. It would be absolutely the end for me if you two came down with freckles at a time like this.”

Source : Anna Godbersen (2014). “The Luxe Complete Collection: The Luxe, Rumors, Envy, Splendor”, p.73, Harper Collins
“The freedom of birds is an insult to me.”
“What's impossible to all humanity may be possible to the metaphysics and physiology of angels.”

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