Madonna's great instinctive intelligence was evident to me from her earliest videos.
The only game. The game of thrones.
When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
Was there ever a war where only one side bled?
The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.
She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.
I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded. . . . We may say that we shall not abuse this astonishing and hitherto unheard-of-power. But every other nation will think we shall abuse it. It is impossible but that, sooner or later, this state of things must produce a combination against us which may end in our ruin.
Imagine somebody says you are going to die in a few weeks; I'd really rather not know.
Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.
Accessing a "professional listener" such as a psychologist or counselor can be useful if the loved one wants to use this form of support.