"But grieving people are selfish. They wonâ€™t let you comfort them and they say you donâ€™t understand and they make you feel useless when all your life youâ€™ve been functional to them."

-- Melina Marchetta

#Selfish Quotes #Grief Quotes #Grieving Quotes

“I think I know how to raise a kid. You just play catch with 'em. You just talk about life, and you distract them by throwing the ball. They don't even notice that you're filling up their heads with your theories.”
“He conquers who endures.”
“Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.”
“I wanted to hear what she was saying. I wanted to smell that burnt midnight again, I wanted to feel that wind. It was a secret wanting, like a song I couldn't stop humming, or loving someone I could never have. No matter where I went, my compass pointed west. I would always know what time it was in California.”
“Building a practice of gratitude is the best way I know to create an optimistic approach to life. Start each day by lying in bed for five minutes and mentally acknowledging what you are grateful for.”
“Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady.”
“Liberal child welfare experts decided that child abuse was not evidence of a moral or character flaw in the abusing parent. Instead, like poverty, crime, and homelessness, child abuse came to be viewed as evidence of a societal failure.”

Source : Mona Charen (2006). “Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help and the Rest of Us”, Sentinel
“Greatness is a two-faced coin - and the reverse is humility.”

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