Top 10 Quotes by Flora Rheta Schreiber

You're never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.

You're never ready for what you have to do. You just do it. That makes you ready.

Ready, Just Do It

There is no past. Past is present when you carry it with you.

Past

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”

I want somebody to love, and I want somebody to love me. And nobody ever will. And that's why it hurts. Because it makes a difference. And when nobody cares, it makes you all mad inside and it makes you want to say things, tear up things, break things, get through the glass.

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Hurt, Glasses, Differences

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”

I have no point in procrastinating any longer.

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Procrastinating, No Point

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”

It all made sense - terrible sense. The panic she had experienced in the warehouse district because of not knowing what had happened had been superseded at the newsstand by the even greater panic of partial knowledge. And now the torment of partly knowing had yielded to the infinitely greater terror of knowing precisely

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Knowing, Panic, Mental Health

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”

The anger. The terror. The feeling of entrapment. the profound distrust of people.The wistful, plaintive conviction that a window, a thing, was more important than she. These feelings and attitudes, expressed in the course of this hour, were symptoms of some profound disturbance.

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Attitude, People, Profound

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”

Isolated, she managed somehow to feel free—albeit with a freedom that made her want to smash a hole in the very center of the universe.

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Want, Holes, Made

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”

Vicky became more serious and her tone more reflective as she remarked, "Life has so much pain that one needs a catharsis. I don't mean escape. You don't escape in books. On the contrary, they help you to realize yourself more fully. Mon Dieu, I'm glad I have them. When I find myself in a situation in which I'd rather not be - because of the perculiar circumstances of my life - I have this outlet. You may think me tres superieure but I'm not really, I am just what I am and live the way I like."

Flora Rheta Schreiber

Pain, Book, Mean

Flora Rheta Schreiber (1975). “Sybil”