Suzanne Massie Quotes

• All that the Devil asks is acquiescence.

  Suzanne Massie

  Evil, Acquiescence, Brushing

  Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”

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• Pain heightens every sense. More powerfully than any drug, it intensifies colors, sounds, sight, feelings. Pain is like a glass wall. It is impossible to climb it, but you must, and, somehow, you do. Then there is an explosion of brilliance and the world is more apparent in its complexity and beauty.

  Suzanne Massie

  Wall, Pain, Glasses

  Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”

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• Evil is near. Sometimes late at night the air grows strongly clammy and cold around me. I feel it brushing me. All that the Devil asks is acquiescence not struggle, not conflict. Acquiescence.

  Suzanne Massie

  Struggle, Night, Air

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• When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts frustrated, it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems.

  Suzanne Massie

  Best Effort, People, Frustrated

  Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”

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• When pain has been constant, it has its own momentum and laws. The vital thing is to break its ascendancy over the mind.

  Suzanne Massie

  Pain, Law, Mind

  Robert K. Massie, Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Russians understand the rhythm of despair.

  Suzanne Massie

  Russia, Despair, Rhythm

  Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”

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• France, like every other Western country except the United States, has long accepted the principle that comprehensive health care is the right of every citizen. No Frenchman need ever fear that catastrophic illness will wipe him out financially. How long, do you suppose, will it take us, in the United States, to catch up?

  Suzanne Massie

  Country, Long, Principles

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• To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare.

  Suzanne Massie

  Friends, Real, Real Friends

  Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”

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