So Do You. Quotes
Betty had forgotten how you only get slivers of stories from children - usually what they echo from overheard adult conversations.
Christians are famous for telling people to be "child-like" and yet one of the greatest qualities of a child (the never ending list of questions) is often discouraged.
Parents don't know their children at all.No one knows anyone, in fact.
Children do not find fault with their parents until later. In the beginning, the love you get is the love that sets.
There is nothing better for your family than for you to be at your best, for you to be at your own peace, for you to be showing them in every way who you are, and what you stand for.
Don't be so quick to count out the teenagers. Some of the world's greatest changes, brilliant poetry, and innovations have come from the teenage mind.
Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.
Charlotte made a promise to herself then and there: If I ever see someone fall, I'll ask if they're okay.
Life is like a game of cards. Everyone throws his card. And, the result depends on all of those cards. Not on a particular card.
This is love not business or politics. I love someone. How can I replace her with someone else?
But you became self-aware. Somehow, you began to hear the Narrator’s voice. You realised that you were a character in a story. You tried to fight. These actions have disrupted the flow of fiction.
I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk.
…My eyes were wet, tears waiting to drop from my eyes and heart started to sob. The words from Jiya pushed me on my back foot…”Source: 'The Unpredictable Heart - You may be a Victim
You… are the symbol of the revolution that will transform Aryavarta
I believe every story that is made in the mind of an author
whatever beauty she thought she might have possessed she realized had only been through her husband's assessment of her
You know there’s this gaping space between us, and if I leaned forward I’d grab Dex’s shirt without ever touching him. You know there’s a three-inch-thick glass wall separating us.Now we know, too.
He pries me from his chest and drops his hand from the back of my head, tracing my ear, along my jawline. He snatches his fingers a moment before they press into my lip.
No matter how hard you try to create a story that's completely fictional, parts of your own experience are bound to surface.
WANTING to be anything is the whole point of feminism. HAVING TO BE SOMETHING is what feminists fight against, or at least the ones I know.
Women have problem areas in a way that men don't. We have big hips and muffin tops. Men just have the thing where they create wars and wreak havoc all over the globe.
And if you looking for a surefire way to turn a comfortable party into a very alcohol-fueled romp through gender politics, bring up feminism.
Young adults rebel against the pre-invented/ packaged world, but sooner or later they stop and they also become proponents of the tried and true.
The Google self and the Facebook self, in other words, are pretty different people. There's a big difference between "you are what you click" and "you are what you share.
Political leaders are a reflection of our society.
All decisions we’ve come to accept as right or wrong are ingrained in us from the society in which we abide. Rights and wrongs are not universally known or transferable.
The truth is, living in any society is difficult. Those who become desperate with a fractured sense of security are much more prone to being taken advantaged of.
Great changes in our society are always inspired and set in motion by one person. Be that person today.
Don't look for society to give you permission to be yourself.
Only later, much later, too late, did I understand how small she (Mrs Winterson) was to herself. The baby nobody picked up. The uncarried child still inside her.
The world is your perception of it. Inside and outside always match - they're reflections of each other. The world is a mirror image of your mind.
It is awesome to note that the works your work are working but that should not be a joy. The ultimate joy should be that the works of your work are indelible.
Don't blame a person for the wrongdoings
Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically.
Happiness is a state of mind, not a set of circumstances.
It is our ability to forget our problems, through the process of thought, rather than the passage of time, that frees us from the circumstances of our past.
The strong times, the weak times-- they all come in waves. Trust me, none of us has it together.
Even small waves make it to shore. Use the potential you have through intention and action and enjoy your journey.
Grounding is most effective when you have some place to go. When you know where you are going, grounding brings strength and confidence, when you’re stagnant you get caught in the past.
...strength is not the absence of vulnerability. Strength is knowing what your weaknesses are and working with them.