WWII was, without exaggeration, the biggest event in all of human history, and it is still within living memory. Chris Cleave More Quotes by Chris Cleave More Quotes From Chris Cleave Would we be the heroes or the cowards of the piece? Would we follow orders or stick to our principles, if those two things ever conflicted? Would we be the brave ones who still found the capacity for love - and for laughter - even while we were terrified? Chris Cleave laughter hero order To be well in your mind you have first to be free. Chris Cleave wells mind firsts Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. Chris Cleave down-and principles world They say that in the hour before an earthquake the clouds hang leaden in the sky, the winds slows to a hot breath, and the birds fall quiet in the trees of the town square. Yes but these are the same portents that precede lunchtime, frankly. Chris Cleave squares clouds fall Things that we have to really dare ourselves to do come quite naturally to others. Chris Cleave dare Is it my fault if I do not look like an English girl and I do not talk like a Nigerian? Well, who says an English girl must have skin as pale as the clouds that float across her summers? Who says a Nigerian girl must speak in fallen English...? Chris Cleave girl summer clouds There was no quick grief for Andrew because he had been so slowly lost. First from my heart, then from my mind, and only finally from my life. Chris Cleave grief mind heart My whole life is my work. Chris Cleave whole-life whole life-is It is easier for a rich person to act on their principles than it is for someone with fewer choices (which is why it is all the more disappointing when a wealthy person plays to the crowd). Chris Cleave choices principles play Psychiatry in this place is like serving an in-flight meal in the middle of a plane crash. If I wanted to make you well, as a doctor, I should be giving you a parachute, not a cheese-and-pickle sandwich. Chris Cleave pickles doctors giving I’m telling you, trouble is like the ocean. It covers two thirds of the world. Chris Cleave ocean two world Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you have to look good or talk good. But to end your story well-- here is the truth-- you have to talk yourself out of it. Chris Cleave girl stories looks A scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived. Chris Cleave dying mean thinking If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious. Chris Cleave serious would-be thinking Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds. Chris Cleave decisions-we-make splits life-is The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don't always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn't have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I'm interested in the exceptions. Chris Cleave anger hate writing We're often told that we live in a globalized world, and we talk about it all the time, but people don't stop to think about what it means. Chris Cleave mean people thinking Something I am now convinced of, after researching Everyone Brave, is that none of us is born courageous in all respects. Chris Cleave courageous born brave That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did not know I was entitled to one. Chris Cleave without-hope missing young This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other ear it whispers, move on. Chris Cleave grief ears moving
