“ Why am I the way I am? His tone makes it clear he’s proposing something I might suggest he ask, not really wondering about it. There are no real answers, Jude. Why was I cruel to Folk? Why was I awful… Holly Black
“ When two souls are united as one the universe itself is powerless to separate them. Matshona Dhliwayo
“ However much we obfuscate or ignore it, we know that the factory farm is inhumane in the deepest sense of the word. And we know that there is something that matters in a deep way about the lives we cr… Jonathan Safran Foer
“ How badly arranged the world is. What is the purpose of ugliness, suffering, sadness? Why our powerless dreams? Why everything? Gustave Flaubert
“ Who would have ever though that a person could be so powerful, then so completely powerless, all in the same lifetime? Firoozeh Dumas
“ Its more a trance, jonah said. the whole world is pressing in on me, like a weight on my chest, slowly pushing me down ans down. and there's nothing between me and this weight but my flimsy skin. Its… Natalie Standiford
“ But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case… Lysander Spooner
“ It is so much more threatening to have something out of hand than to believe that at any moment I can stop (I started to say "This foolishness") any time I need to. Flora Rheta Schreiber
“ You are as ordinary as spring,' he murmured. 'As powerless as sunlight.' He ran his fingertips down her neck. 'And when I touch you, I burn,' he said, making her heart stop and a flare of wild panic l… Charlotte Lamb
“ But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere.""'They?' Who are 'they?'""I don't know. Just people.""That's what the victorious claim, not the defeated; the powerful, not… John Connolly
“ With him, I've become like putty- rendered powerless by his magnificence- and his to mold into whatever he desires. Giorge Leedy
“ Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When the force is that of nature, we speak of disasters. When th… Judith Lewis Herman
“ With no power to annul the elemental evil in him, though readily enough he could hide it; apprehending the good, but powerless to be it; a nature like Claggart’s, surcharged with energy as such nature… Herman Melville
“ In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator. Judith Lewis Herman
“ Make sure your fun is not mocking someone’s pain and your enjoyment is not another’s suffering. The melody of your ears must not be the cries of a powerless. Shahla Khan
“ Humility is not weak, powerless, faint, a pushover, a punching bag or an abuse magnet, because above all — humility cares. Bryant McGill
“ Statistics show that the nature of English crime is reverting to its oldest habits. In a country where so many desire status and wealth, petty annoyances can spark disproportionately violent behaviour… Christopher Fowler
“ It was all real and blazing with detail. But I was shadow, light as mist, mute as the wallpaper. Laura Whitcomb
