"Our patterns are well established, seductive, and comforting. Just wanting for them to be ventilated isn't enough. Those of us who struggle with this know."

-- Pema Chodron

#Karma Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Seductive Quotes

“People think six is a great many, when it's children. ...they don't mind six pairs of boots, or six pounds of apples, or six oranges, especially in equations, but they seem to think that you ought not to have five brothers and sisters.”

Source : E. Nesbit (2013). “Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit”, p.77, Delphi Classics
“Nice characters are boring! I like writing upbeat characters - that's my natural tendency.”
“One day you will come to Montauk and see your dad playing the piano And see your other dad wearing glasses Hope that you will want to stay for a while Don't worry I know you'll have to go”
“They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches.”
“Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.”
“Now we have so many more social outlets, so many ways to be stalked and bullied. If social media is too much for you to handle, then don't have a Twitter or Facebook account. Just be yourself. Be who you want to be.”
“Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.”

Source : "Labour conference: Ed Miliband speech in full". www.theguardian.com. September 28, 2010.
“A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better. To know reality is to accept it, and eventually to love it.”

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