"Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve,"

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Source : "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". www.imdb.com. September, 2012.

Stephen Chbosky

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Accepting Quotes

“While I am a great believer in the free enterprise system and all that it entails, I am an even stronger believer in the right of our people to live in a clean and pollution-free environment.”

Source : Barry Morris Goldwater (1970). “The conscience of a majority”, Prentice Hall
“If I am asked If I am asked, then, what Zen teaches, I would answer, Zen teaches nothing. Whatever teachings there are in Zen, they come out of one's own mind. We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.”
“Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science.... This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single category of science and only a short period of time”
“Fat is a barrier, a bellicose statement to others that, to some, justifies hostility in kind. The world says to the fat person, "Your fatness is an affront to me, so we have the right to treat you as offensively as you appear." Fat is not merely viewed as another type of tissue, but as a diagnostic sign, a personal statement, and a measure of personality. Too little fat and we see you as being antisocial, fearful and sexless. Too much fat and we see you as slothful, stupid, and sexually hung up.”
“You can be aware of your past without being it.”
“Goals determine what you're going to be.”
“Good humor, like the jaundice, makes every one of its own complexion.”
“... every experience in life enriches one's background and should teach valuable lessons.”

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