Hannah Quotes

I had to take the first step for myself.

Evil in the Third Reich had lost the quality by which most people recognize it—the quality of temptation.

Evil thrives on apathy and cannot survive without it.

the greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies, that is, by human beings who refuse to be persons

Believe me, Nóra. An old broom knows the dirty corners best

Her father kneels and unclasps the urn. Above the waves she falls graceful as snow, my sister, my Sonora.

That’s why I wanted to be a writer - because someone I loved told me I could be one.

You learn who you are only by making yourself accountable to the judgment of others.

To be likeable as a woman, it seems, you have to ensure that you’re also non-threatening and slightly useless.

[Anger] gave him the soul to keep fighting no matter how many times the world seemed bent on destroying him. He may be a broken young man, but he would never be a defeated one

Her shift in thinking was clearly conflicted. It must have been difficult to disavow something for which she had a deep love and in which she had been immersed so much of her life.

There's a big difference between hating someone in peace and hating someone during war.

That hate is easy, but sometimes love is easy too.

Endless days of dark indoors and hateful glances are enough to set a rime on anyone’s bones.

Those are exactly the kind of memories I try to avoid, but they're like abestos: invisible and deadly. You need special gear to get rid of them.

Memories are who we are, Tul. In the end, that’s all the luggage you take with you. Love and memories are what last.

I don't think I remember my first memory

New York was always so beautiful in the very crux of parting with it.

He'd learned in the past few months that telling a girl what to wear--even one the size of a golf club--was a bad idea. Histrionics often followed.

Was Vianne really supposed to let Sophie starve to prove her loyalty to France?

. . .you sounded frustrated and pissed off and amazingly happy

My father insisted I eat red meat. 'You'll lose your brain without food, ' he said. A meal to him without beef was starvation.

Annie believed taste and aromas had the power to transport people from the present to other places. Sometimes this was a journey to a different mood, but it was also a form of time travel.

Whatever you decide, don't let it be because you don't think you have a choice.

The next morning, Angie woke with the sun...Her eyes felt gritty and swollen.Once again she'd watered her mattress with memories.

Holding onto what was isn't healthy for what is.

I prefer a story to a prayer.

Look at the lonely fisherman, ' my father says.'Look at his view, ' my mother says.

I saw Sonora before me, so otherworldly, so desolate, some cast-out mistress on the pale blue planet, and longed suddenly to stay.

This is it. This is how I always saw heaven, always by the sea, always by night, always in the dark.

Use the water of encouragement on someone else's flowers - especially the flowers that are wilted, trampled on, and taken for granted. But don't nourish the weeds.

She didn't know if it was God. She wasn't really sure what to call it. She just knew she believe in unconditional love. And that was really all that mattered.

but that shadow self of hers wasn't so sure. The ugly, toxic thought was smaller than a drop of blood, yet it poisoned the entire stream.

My God, my GodMay there be no endTo the sea, to the sand, The splash of the water, The glow of the sky, The prayer of man

There is no moon. The stars have risen and fallen and given way to a new spread, to the smeared heart of our Milky Way.

We would survive even ourselves, as long as we were together.

I think when we sleep, the world belongs to everyone still awake. Which means a shitload of the world belongs to Craig. ~Lio

Peace is a deeper reality than violence."p. 231

Elizabeth: "Maybe he'll surprise you."Meghann: "Birdie, they all surprise me. Last week, I hugged my date at the door and felt a bra strap.

Only the unlimited accumulation of power could bring about the unlimited accumulation of capital.

Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me.

Whatever it means to be a Christian, it at least involves the discovery of friends you did not know you had.

Caro: "Bite me."Ruby: "I gave that up in kindergarten.

Like hunting for a dead beloved's face among the living, in places, we find the place we loved before.

I'm an expert at finding out secrets, but keeping them- especially a secret of this magnitude - is something else.

Keeping secrets isn't my specialty.

As far as he was concerned, there were only two all-important laws on earth:1. Don’t murder people.2. Never swear in front of Lilly.

I realized that the story of even so small a place can never be completely told and can never be finished. It is eternal, always here and now, and going on forever.

I am so afraid that strangers with think me good! and there is a degree of hypocrisy in appearing much better than one is.” - Hannah More

A generous donor (who had no doubt lived a life that imperiled his mortal soul) had granted [the Sisters] more than one hundred waterfront acres.