#icu

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments. ↗

— Anne Sullivan

#enough #invent #newspapers #ridiculous #suit

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about. ↗

— Anne Sullivan

#cry #feel #like #make #nice

Did you know, that one night; one moonless, clear, shining night; with the shadowy silhouettes of trees crisp against the star-filled sky – I, on the high, level terrace of my flat, stretched out my hand! Against all odds and possibilities of unbelief and grief – a life of searchings, discontent, and a nagging sense of unreality… A spider-web intuition of a spread-out, intricate illusion that wilfully withheld the truth from me. ↗

— Radhika Mukherjee

#longing #our-particular-shadows #questioning #radhika-mukherjee #beauty

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#fact #i #journalists #know #lot

To try to be authentic these days, to ask questions of the people in power - it's difficult. This administration has evolved new techniques to handle people like me. Their strategy, in a word, is simple: ignore them. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#ask #authentic #days #difficult #evolved

I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant. ↗

— Sarah Sutton

#assistant #difficult #doctor #especially #ever

Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy. ↗

— David Suzuki

#becoming #continued #conventional #depleted #difficult

It's a humorous statement that doesn't mean anything. You can't lie to God - it's ridiculous. ↗

— Jimmy Swaggart

#god #humorous #lie #mean #ridiculous

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#anticipated #avoid #difficulties #i #i always

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#began #difficulty #foolish #fuss #making