"In the face of events that threaten to……" — Victoria Alexander
"In the face of events that threaten to overwhelm our lives, storytelling gives us a way of reclaiming ourselves and reaffirming our connections with other people-those who listen to our stories and, by doing so, bear witness with us."
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12 Quotes by Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander has 12 quotes on this site.
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There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud and…
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Suicide is unspeakable, and to speak it is somehow to bring it into a human, imaginable sphere, even if only…
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When your lips meet mine I feel as though I have never been kissed before.
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When a man finds the one woman who is right, it scarcely matters what else is wrong.
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Adventure, like beauty, is very much in the eye of the beholder.
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It must be quite difficult, concealing your superior male qualities behind a mask of feigned humility.” Why, Gillian, it’s that…
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It wasn't as if she was terrified of heights, she simply preferred to be closer to solid ground, where words…
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Silly of me not to have realized it. One often finds Greek temples lurking in the woods of English estates.…
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As I have yet to meet a gentleman I wished to spend the rest of my days with, I would…
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My desire, my sincere and heartfelt desire is to rip that surprisingly sheer garment from your body, toss you onto…
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I say seduce her, seduce her tonight. Break the door down if you have to. Tell her all those things…
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will…
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The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate…
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear…
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There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the…
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I watched 'The Muppet Movie' obsessively. I can still pretty much say a lot of the lines and do a…
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the…
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