“There is no such thing as helplessness. It's just another word for giving up.”
“Impossible is just another word for 'loser who gives up.”
“Maybe that's what praying is all about. Maybe it's not just asking God to forgive us for bad things or asking Him for good things. Maybe it's just the act of praying and feeling that there's someone up there listening that makes us feel better and less helpless.”
“Men will not give up their privilege of helplessness without a struggle.”
“It's one thing to be helpless as one tries to lace a corset or to mount an elephant, quite another to be helpless as a bandit pushes a black steel knife against the flesh of your throat while his brother comes to join him.”
“It's easy to hear words. It's another thing to accept them.”