Susanna Kaysen book Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted (1994)
Part III : The Mystic Ruby
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907), The Flower of Old Japan
Susanna Kaysen book Girl, Interrupted
Girl, Interrupted (1994)
“That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
“All of us wish we had an Alice. I wish I had an Alice.”
Ann B. Davis (1926–2014) American actress
(Referring to her character on The Brady Bunch) in People magazine in 1992
“Let us all be the leaders we wish we had.”
Simon Sinek (1973) British/American author and motivational speaker
Source: Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't
John Trudell (1946–2015) Native American rights activist, musician, poet
"We are Power" speech (1980)
“Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them.”
Théodore Guérin (1798–1856) Catholic saint and nun from France
Letter to Sisters at Saint Mary's, 1848.
Context: Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity.
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958) English poet
Part III : The Mystic Ruby
The Flower of Old Japan and Other Poems (1907), The Flower of Old Japan
François de La Rochefoucauld book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims
Dans toutes les professions chacun affecte une mine et un extérieur pour paraître ce qu'il veut qu'on le croie. Ainsi on peut dire que le monde n'est composé que de mines.
Variant translation: In all professions, each affects a part and an appearance to make him seem as he would wish to be believed. And so it is that one can say that the world is made only of appearances.
Maxim 256.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
Bruce Springsteen (1949) American singer and songwriter
"Bobby Jean"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)