Adults See Harsh Realities Quotes

#1. I used to think then that I was Bohemian, but I know now that I am not. I prefer order and precision to untidiness and looseness.

Conrad Veidt

#2. I think I am quite wicked with roses. I like to gather them, and smell them till they have no scent left.

George Eliot

#3. That's an Anansi story. 'Course, all stories are Anansi stories. Even this one.

Neil Gaiman

#4. I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought: 'You can't rewind the movie. I've spent more than half my life in the Middle East. There have been great moments of horror and depression and loneliness.'

Robert Fisk

#5. In war there is no prize for runner-up.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#6. If you're a fat person - and especially if you're a woman - at all stages of your life you'll get abuse for it, so you have to work out a way of dealing with it. The best way is to be humorous about it - that defuses any tension.

Jo Brand

#7. A child sees possibilities; an adult sees through the windows of harsh past realities.

Debasish Mridha

#8. I'm vegetarian, but I love Thanksgiving dinner: faux turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.

Leigh Lezark

#9. Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.

Immaculee Ilibagiza

#10. Never give up on your dreams. They could save your life in more ways than one.

Shaun Roundy

#11. Consider that we shouldn't call our brother a fool, since we don't know ourselves what we are.

Paracelsus

#12. Man without life companion is either god or beast.

Vikram Seth

#13. It is so important to be conscious even when it makes you realize how much negative stuff you have enjoyed all your life until you realized it was all anti you.

Pearl Cleage