Carolyn Jessop Quotes

#1. Ofili is still a champion. It would be a huge mistake to think otherwise.

Jerry Saltz

#2. I had never before considered leaving my religion, my family, my customs, and my beliefs behind. It was all that I had ever known. Would it be worth it to give it all up? I had no way of knowing. It was frightening even to contemplate a life beyond

Carolyn Jessop

#3. My mother was always deeply attracted to anything medical, and I think she would have loved me to have been a doctor. My father was in the army for 21 years, came out just before I was born. There was no history of showbusiness on either side of the family, but they were completely supportive.

Lindsay Duncan

#4. Solo dancing does not exist: the dancer dances with the floor: add another dancer and you have a quartet: each dance with the other and each with the floor.

Steve Paxton

#5. Unmitigated joy of any kind was diminishing from our lives. Warren Jeffs had our community in a chokehold. I noticed that people's faces now seemed devoid of expression. It was as if they were afraid even to look like they might be thinking.

Carolyn Jessop

#6. I discover that grief means living with someone who is not there.

Jeanette Winterson

#7. A day without laugh is a day without life.

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#8. My best advice for aspiring writers is to read a lot and write. Don't worry if you don't get your first, fifth or tenth novel published, if you keep going you'll make it. Also read "how to write" books as they may make the process a bit quicker.

Katie Fforde

#9. Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength.

Joan Halifax

#10. Sometimes one forgives in order to remain in a relationship with someone she cares about, even if the person has caused her pain and anguish. It's not a blanket pardon; it's the trade-off one is willing to make when preserving the relationship is more important than correcting the injustice.

Carolyn Jessop

#11. No one was more surprised than I to realize that my newfound freedom had been purchased by giving up on eternity and settling for hell.

Carolyn Jessop

#12. Something very unique about Germany is that once you are suspected or accused of having worked for the Stassi, it doesn't matter if you were 18-years-old, or a child, or an adult back then. Even if you deny it you won't get rid of this suspicion.

Christian Schwochow

#13. I could not undo overnight the damage that had been done to my psyche over many years. The only way over was through-I knew that_ but it was still debilitating and stressful. All I could do was face the fear and keep going.

Carolyn Jessop

#14. How could any woman endure a life of misery with such a cheap promise of appreciation after her death?

Carolyn Jessop

#15. In a cult, you have two identities: your cult identity and your authentic self. Most of the time I operated from my cult identity, which was pliant, submissive and obedient. But when I was pushed to the point where it felt like my survival was at stake, my authentic self came to the fore.

Carolyn Jessop