Captivity Quote by Louise Penny Download Open image “What people mistook for safety was in fact captivity.” — Louise Penny ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Captivity Facts People Safety
It was our view of the worst that could befall our people if they were taken captive. So, what was fascinating to me was… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
What looked safe was not safe. What looked hard and unsafe was probably safer. Anyway, safe was somewhere else in the world. — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
I had come to discover that "safe" was an illusion, a pretense that adults wrapped around their children- and sometimes themselves- to make the… — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
“In the modern world there was so much safety that safety had become the chief source of danger.” — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Most people weren’t aware enough to fear the things that could really hurt them. — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
Safety is an illusion, and trying to protect ourselves does nothing more than protect us from experiencing a full, evolved, and juicy life. — Jen Sincero Copy Share Image
“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“I realized that no matter how safe a person or place felt, in our world, safety was merely an illusion.” — Yasmine Galenorn Copy Share Image
“I am tired,” Gamache murmured as he walked into the gentle little village. “But I am at peace.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“The reason “belonging” was so potent, so attractive, so much a part of the human yearning, was that it also meant safety, and loyalty.… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“She picked up her book and tried to read but it was heavy in her hands. She struggled to hold it, wanting to finish… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“We’re used to the film versions of psychopaths. The clearly crazies. But most psychopaths are clever. They have to be. They know how to… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Instead he stood erect, the snow insinuating itself down his collar and up his sleeves, plastering against his face and into his unblinking eyes.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“He was an emotional communist. Everyone counted equally, but none too much.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Chief Superintendent Arnot might hold power, but Armand Gamache was the more powerful man.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“Henri kept everything important in his heart. He mostly kept cookies in his head.” — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Take what I cannot give: my heart, body, thoughts, time, abilities, money, health, strength, nights, days, youth, age, and spend them in Thy service, 0 my crucified Master, Redeemer, God. Oh, let not these be mere words! Whom have I in heaven but Thee and there is none upon earth… — Elizabeth Prentiss Copy Share
When a captive lion steps out of his cage, he comes into a wider world than the lion who has known only the wilds. While he was in captivity, there were only two worlds for him - the world of the cage, and the world outside the cage. Now he is free. He roars. He attacks people. He eats them.… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share
Release your majestic mind, embrace your untamed inner spirit. Break free from captivity, avoid society.. You were born to be free. — Melanie Muller Copy Share Image
“From the pavement, I could see the window of Albertine’s room, that window, formerly quite black, at night, when she was not staying in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Attempts to defend amusement parks and circuses on the grounds that they 'educate' people about animals should not be taken seriously. Such enterprises are… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
The less control people had over their work, the higher their blood pressure during work hours. Moreover, blood pressure at home was unrelated to the level of job control, indicating that the spike during work hours was specifically caused by lack of choice on the job. People with little control over their work also experienced more back pain, missed more… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share
We get into captivity because of our foolishness and we are more foolish that we want to admit. — Louie Giglio Copy Share Image
We can laugh from either joy or happiness, but we weep only from grief or joy...Without the pain of farewell, there is no joy… — George Vaillant Copy Share Image
The whole idea of being in captivity in such limited space, especially in a zoo, causes elephants to suffer. They develop all kinds of… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [ from the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image