"I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though I had been brainwashed, taken over by a cult religion. And yet this cult, motherhood, was not a place where I could actually live. Like any cult, it demanded a complete surrender of identity to belong to it."

-- Rachel Cusk

#Taken Quotes #Motherhood Quotes #People Quotes

“You don't need to go all deep and meaningful and start talking about Daddies. It's yes or no answer.”
“No logo, and you don't advertise for anyone. I don't believe in imposed luxury. I believe in built luxury. Something you refine with your own taste. Mass luxury is not my luxury.”
“Light in Nature creates the movement of colors.”
“The single most important lesson of effective communication is this: Focus on clarity. Concentrate on precisions. Donâ€™t worry about constructing beautiful sentences. Beauty comes from meaning, not language. Accuracy is the most effective style of all.”
“It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others. And remember that every atom of hate that we add to this world makes it sill more inhospitable”

Source : Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.529, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“If you have a therapist who agrees with your every word, then your brain isn't getting proper exercise.”
“A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin”
“America will never resist abortion until America sees abortion... The pro-life movement is not primarily a response to Roe vs Wade. It is a response to Jesus Christ.”

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