"As you become an adult, shame gets introduced and reintroduced constantly to you. So where something that, to a child, just is what it is - you know, your father's violent but he loves you and that's just the way it is - later on you realize that this is like different, shameful, blah blah blah."

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Source : "Justin Torres’ Hard-Knock Debut Novel". Interview with Tim Mcdonnell, www.motherjones.com. October 3, 2011.

Justin Torres

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Love You Quotes

“It's always nice when you do something and it's well received as opposed to the other way which God knows happens to everybody. When the good times come around, you take a deep breath, appreciate it, but not take it too seriously.”
“You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.”
“I really am a mystic. I don't know where I got it from.”

Source : "Platinum Blondie". Interview with Glenn O'Brien, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 10, 2017.
“People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have helped me if I wasn't physically fit.”
“You find God the moment you realize that you don't need to seek God”
“My intentions have been, and are always, to just really get behind what my ideas are musically and to just ride this thing out, cause it feels good, and I think for the most part it's good music. Even when it's not, I'd like to still search for something that could be even like a little bit mind-blowing or shocking to me.”
“Racial justice is key to a compassionate, inclusive, dynamic society.”
“The vast majority of local people will neither know all of the initiatives nor have any perception that the individual elements are beginning to contribute to making their home town more environmentally sustainable. It is even less likely that visitors will gain any picture of what is being achieved. It is to solve this problem that the Green Map System has been developed.”

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