"How then can we account for the persistence of the myth that inside the empty nest lives a shattered and depressed shell of a woman--a woman in constant pain because her children no longer live under her roof? Is it possible that a notion so pervasive is, in fact, just a myth?"

-- Lillian B. Rubin

#Children Quotes #Pain Quotes #Persistence Quotes

“The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.”
“That he is gentil that doth gentil dedis.”
“The minute you succumb to outside pressure, you cease to be creative.”
“It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.”
“So the self under the eye lies, Attendant and withdrawn.”
“President Bush intends to abrogate U.S. sovereignty to the North American Union, a new economic and political entity which the President is quietly forming....Why doesn't President Bush just tell the truth? His secret agenda is to dissolve the United States of America into the North American Union.”
“It is an honour to fight at the Royal Albert Hall.”
“Children from the age of five to ten should watch more television. Television depicts adults as rotten SOB's given to fistfights, gunplay, and other mayhem. Kids who believe this about grownups aren't likely to argue about bedtime.”

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