Turmoil Quotes

“There is peace even in the storm”
― Vincent van Gogh, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh

“When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.”
― Jim Butcher, Storm Front

“As many people are in turmoil, they happen to put many substantial questions. By incessantly asking themselves what it means "to be essential," they start wondering whether "usefulness" has a key function in their life. It is true; many people can only survive through necessary and useful effects. But can we dispel "unusefulness" as worthless? For some, art and play may be “useless” but, yet, are fundamental ways and means for survival. ("Corporeal prison")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“The ego lusts for satisfaction. It has a prideful ferocious appetite for its version of "truth". It is the most challenging aspect to conquer; the cause for most spiritual turmoil.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“Venetian laws last but a week. They keep making new laws because no one follows the old ones…. Or enforces them.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

“She stood panting as adrenalin fired up her muscles. Flipping open the safety catches on both of her laser pistols, she set them for maximum delivery. Anything or anyone on the receiving end of these weapons would never survive, even as atoms.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Don’t feel bad about feeling bad. Don’t be frightened of feeling afraid. Don’t be angry about getting angry. There is no need to give up when we are feeling depressed. Nor should we be dismayed at the grief which often accompanies the outgrowing of anything which needs outgrowing. We can be glad that our soul is speaking to us and pushing us onwards. We frequently need to persevere with a period of inner turmoil before the dust can settle and be swept out the door.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Devotion

“What in the name of Llar was that all about?’ Colin asked, his face still drained of colour.
‘I have no bloody idea,’ William said his voice quivering.”
― A.R. Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“To leave Venice felt as foreign as flying to the stars.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

“The old Amy, the girl of the big laugh and the easy ways, literally shed herself, a pile of skin and soul on the floor, and stepped this new, brittle, bitter Amy ... a razor-wire knot daring me to unloop her, and I was not up to the job with my thick, numb, nervous fingers. Country fingers. Flyover fingers untrained in the intricate, dangerous work of 'solving Amy'. When I'd hold up the bloody stumps, she'd sigh and turn to her secret mental notebooks on which she tallied all my deficiencies, forever noting disappointments, frailties, shortcomings.”
― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

“My heart feels not so much in my chest as in my hands. I am carrying it along swiftly, as though I have become the messenger for what is going on inside me.”
― Claire Keegan

“I had no answers, just a never-ending list of questions that I scrawled out until my hand ached, knowing I was searching for a loophole that increasingly felt like a noose.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

“The next week passed in a haze of mourning, as thick and disorienting as the unrelenting fog that crept over the stones of Venice each morning.”
― Gina Buonaguro, The Virgins of Venice

“You’ve been here the whole time!” I could see it clearly. 
 
The calm, glowing One smiled, and all of a sudden, I knew. It hadn’t been fear telling me not to get on the boat, scaring me away from the fun. It was Jesus trying to spare me the agony of this trip because . . . because He loves me? Yes, He loves me! 
 
And there I’d stood, as if I’d had my hand on His chest, pushing Him away. What was I doing? Seeing Him now, I realized we’d been stuck in this pose a long time. I hadn’t wanted Him to go in case I needed Him, but I hadn’t wanted Him to come inside and control me. 
 
Ever so patiently—suspended in time, but oh-so-very present—Jesus held out His hand and invited me to dance. 
 
“Yes,” I yielded, and something so much more peaceful than peace settled inside even though the storm still raged, and the circumstances hadn’t budged. “Let’s dance.” 
 
Embraced in His arms, I fell asleep—even in the midst of those crazy waves. ”
― Elizabeth Bristol, Mary Me: One Woman’s Incredible Adventure with God

“A home isn't always destroyed by outsiders; sometimes family members cause even greater damage.”
― Sanu Sharma, अर्को देशमा [Arko Deshma]

“The home is not always ruined by outsiders; sometimes those within the family ruin it even more severely.”
― Sanu Sharma, अर्को देशमा [Arko Deshma]

“घर सधैँ बाहिरकाले बिगार्दैनन्, कहिले काहीँ घरभित्रकाले झनै नराम्ररी बिगार्छन् ।”
― Sanu Sharma, अर्को देशमा [Arko Deshma]

“The turmoil and dislocations confronting present-day society will not be solved until both the scientific and religious genius of the human race are fully utilized.”
― Baha'i International Community

“Every time I think I am out of the woods, I am back in the fire.”
― Robert Black

“[Pope] Clement waved his hands in irritation as if to dismiss the very idea. "The world is crumbling into ruin. Armies are marching. Men and women are dying everywhere, in huge numbers. Fields are abandoned and towns deserted. The wrath of the Lord is upon us and He may be intending to destroy the whole of creation. People are without leaders and direction. They want to be given a reason for this, so they can be reassured, so they will return to their prayers and their obiediences. All this is going on, and you are concerned about the safety of two Jews?”
― Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio

“And without boundaries and a healthy support system, I didn’t know how to protect myself. Boy did I need someone to lock me in a turret, cut off my hair, and hide the key in the belly of a dragon. Trouble was, I didn’t live in a fairy tale and happily ever after wasn’t looking likely. 
 
After Alex, sex came easily. ”
― Elizabeth Bristol, Mary Me: One Woman’s Incredible Adventure with God

“In earlier times,
decades, centuries,
even when we drove ourselves mad,
even when we lost days
or years
to drinking, drugging,
pain,
grief--
the years have always maintained their seasons:
trees shedding their leaves for new buds;
birds and insects flying away in formation
and then returning;
the luminous moon waxing and waning;
the ocean tides flowing and ebbing;
new growth, babies aborning,
as certain as trauma,
as certain as death.
All things went on
no matter the chaos inside us.
There was a childish anger
that everything just carried on,
ignored our turmoil--
our grief--
but there was also a deep and profound comfort.
We ourselves may be lost
but the road continued ever winding...

Have we disrupted that continuum?
Can we no longer count on that continuity?
Is that why our children are so afraid
but also so unwilling to swallow systemic lies
and deeply imbedded fallacies
we allowed ourselves to live by?
Because the future--
a future--
any future--
is no longer sure?”
― Shellen Lubin

“If you want to determine the nature of anything, entrust it to time: when the sea is stormy, you can see nothing clearly”
― Seneca

“There is the convenient temptation to attribute the current turmoil and bitterness throughout the world to the presence of a Communist conspiracy to undermine Europe and America, but the potential explosiveness of our world situation is much more attributable to disillusionment with the promises of Christianity and technology.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

“Nature is the antidote for the chaos inside of us.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Every time I think I am out of the woods I am back in the fire.”
― Jack Freestone

“What in the name of Llar was that all about?’ Colin asked, his face still drained of colour.
‘I have no bloody idea,’ William said his voice quivering.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“She stood panting as adrenalin fired up her muscles. Flipping open the safety catches on both of her laser pistols, she set them for maximum delivery. Anything or anyone on the receiving end of these weapons would never survive, even as atoms.”
― Anthony Merrydew, The Girl with the Porcelain Lips

“Government surveillance is an egregious violation of personal autonomy, leaving in its wake not only legal ramifications but a trail of emotional turmoil and shattered trust. The emotional toll on individuals living under constant scrutiny is immeasurable, fostering an environment of anxiety and self-censorship. Trust, a cornerstone of democracy, crumbles when citizens become aware of being surveilled, creating a chasm between the governed and those in power. Historical examples, from McCarthyism to contemporary revelations, underscore the profound consequences of unchecked surveillance, emphasizing the urgency to recognize its unlawfulness and protect the emotional well-being and trust that are integral to the fabric of a free society.”
― James William Steven Parker

“Under the still surface of the day she saw turmoil everywhere.”
― Mary Costello, Academy Street