Marsha Norman Quotes

Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.

'Weary Willie' is very real to me. He is a man who has given up. The boat has gone and left him. The cards are stacked against him. He's content to make out with what he's got. He knows he'll go no further.

There is nothing you can do about it but sit back and watch.

I don't believe in expending energy on something you can't do anything about. If there was some easy way of fixing things, I'd probably do it.

Hopelessness has surprised me with patience.

Where no hope is left, is left no fear.

I cannot change anything, so I don't want to think about what I would have done.

I have become a fatalist in life, so I don't try to set goals.

It's better to accept destiny.

shane:do we have a choice michael:dont think so shane:then screw im gitting tired lets go get eaten.at least then i can get some sleep

If you know that things are bound to happen whatever you do, then you may feel free to give up the fight against them.

I've learned to really just say no. If I don't want to do something, I won't do it. There's nothing that can make me do anything.

You do not defend a world that is already lost.

I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.

Let whatever is going to happen to me happen. I'm expecting the worst for myself and I'm resigned to it.

People have said I'm a puppet, an instrument of my grandfather, but I think they quickly realised that I'm my own person, that I have autonomy in my actions. I think they rapidly realised I could look after myself.

I enjoy making the decisions.

I want to go out on my terms.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom.

My personal life is invented for me, so why bother?

Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

Freedom is control in your own life. I have more control now than in the past, and I'm learning the value of saying no. That's very important.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.