"Are we to go out with trumpets and tell everything we know, just because it is true? Is there not such a thing as egotistical truthfulness?"

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Source : Constance Fenimore Woolson (1960). “Anne: A Novel”, p.170, Library of Alexandria

Constance Fenimore Woolson

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“Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.”
“In our minds lives the madonna image--the all-embracing, all- giving tranquil mother of a Raphael painting, one child at her breast, another at her feet; a woman fulfilled, one who asks nothing more than to nurture and nourish. This creature of fantasy, this myth, is the model--the unattainable ideal against which women measure, not only their performance, but their feelings about being mothers.”
“Explaining something makes it go away, so to speak; what's important is left after you have explained everything else.”
“This is different than every other Ebola situation we've ever had. It's spreading widely, throughout entire countries, through multiple countries, in cities and very fast.”

Source : "Liberia Doctors Strike, U.N. Warns Of Food Shortages Due To Ebola" by James Harding Giahyue, www.businessinsider.com. September 2, 2014.
“Can you imagine that Cuba and Europe's youth, who had forgotten about traditional music, who only thought of rock music, are now looking back towards their grandparents? That is a phenomenon.”
“Frankie appreciated both the accolades and the rejections equally, because both meant she'd had an impact. She wasn't a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious.”

Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.213, Hot Key Books
“A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor.”
“When you stand out there," John continues in a hoarse voice, "keep your chin up, all right? Don't let them get to you." "I won't." "Make them work for it. Punch someone if you have to." John gives me a sad, crooked smile. "You're a scary kid. So scare them. Okay? All the way until the end." For the first time in a long time, I feel like a little brother. I have to swallow hard to keep my eyes dry. "Okay," I whisper.”

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