Suzanne Massie
Suzanne Massie
Suzanne Massie is an American author and played an important role in the relations between Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union in the final years of the Cold War...
accept devil evil life suffering whispers
Accept, accept that I have won, whispers the Devil. You can see for yourself that life is unjust, unfair, that suffering is ordinary. Who is stronger? I am, of course. Just despair, my dear, despair. Only tell me that I am strong, that Evil rules.
country long united-states
France, like every other Western country except the United States, has long accepted the principle that comprehensive health care is the right of every citizen. No Frenchman need ever fear that catastrophic illness will wipe him out financially. How long, do you suppose, will it take us, in the United States, to catch up?
russia despair rhythm
Russians understand the rhythm of despair.
pain law mind
When pain has been constant, it has its own momentum and laws. The vital thing is to break its ascendancy over the mind.
friends real real-friends
To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare.
struggle night air
Evil is near. Sometimes late at night the air grows strongly clammy and cold around me. I feel it brushing me. All that the Devil asks is acquiescence not struggle, not conflict. Acquiescence.
best-effort people frustrated
When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts frustrated, it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems.
evil acquiescence asks
All that the Devil asks is acquiescence ...
wall pain glasses
Pain heightens every sense. More powerfully than any drug, it intensifies colors, sounds, sight, feelings. Pain is like a glass wall. It is impossible to climb it, but you must, and, somehow, you do. Then there is an explosion of brilliance and the world is more apparent in its complexity and beauty.