quotes about Negotiating

“That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.”

“I finally found me a cloud to float on.”

“It's possible to do computing in the Cloud, PlayStation 4 can do computing in the Cloud. We do something today: Matchmaking is done in the Cloud and it works very well. If we think about things that don't work well... Trying to boost the quality of the graphics, that won't work well in the Cloud.”

“In bad times and in good I've never lost my sense of zest for life.”

“Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief”

Source : Alison Bechdel (2007). “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic”, p.223, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

“I can teach a chimp how to make linguini and clams.  I can't teach a chimp to dream about it and think about how great it is.”

“When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.”

“I just operate on the assumption that all phone conversations are bugged.”

“I hike and make sure everything I eat is organic.”

“He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he made a choice, like a tree does when it decides to grow one way or the other. He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted.”

Source : Nancy Farmer (2010). “The House of the Scorpion”, p.66, Simon and Schuster