"Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as an improvement of old fashioned marriage."

-- Christopher Lasch

#Ruins Quotes #Alternatives Quotes #Improvement Quotes

“The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.”

Source : "Philip Roth Reconsidered" by Irving Howe, Vol. 54, December, 1972.
“Love is the bond of perfection.”

Source : John Winthrop, Richard S. Dunn, Laetitia Yeandle (1996). “The Journal of John Winthrop, 1630-1649”, p.5, Harvard University Press
“Surrender is forbidden. Sixth Army will hold their positions to the last man and the last round and by their heroic endurance will make an unforgettable contribution toward the establishment of a defensive front and the salvation of the Western world.”
“Man walks the moon but his soul remains riveted to earth. Once upon a time it was the opposite.”
“The real you is still a little child who never grew up. Sometimes that little child comes out when you are having fun or playing, when you feel happy, when you are painting, or writing poetry, or playing the piano, or expressing yourself in some way. These are the happiest moments of your life - when the real you comes out, when you don't care about the past and you don't worry about the future. You are childlike.”
“The beauty of doing #â€Ž film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay.”
“I'm not a pundit. I'm not an analyst.”
“Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.”

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