Quotes from Suzanne Massie

To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare.

When one's own problems are unsolvable and all best efforts are frustrated, it is lifesaving to listen to other people's problems.

All the devil asks is acquiescence; not conflict, not struggle. Acquiescence.

people are only loaned to those who love them; they cannot be held, but can disappear in a moment without reason, without justice, without hope.

The true friend . . . knows that you need him in that very moment –not tomorrow, not next week. By next week you may happy, or you may be dead.

Man, the Russians believed, found his most profound fulfillment and was most himself when he glorified God. In the act of worshipping God, a divine energy was released which permitted him to surpass himself and to participate in the divine life, even on earth.