"I had spent my childhood and the better part of my early adulthood trying to understand my mother. She had been an extraordinarily difficult person, spiteful and full of rage, with a temper that could flare, seemingly out of nowhere, scorching everything and everyone who got in its way. [pp. 40-41]"

-- Dani Shapiro

#Mother Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Over the years, I became more and more interested in the forms and techniques in which things could be said.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We take refuge in pride, because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.”

Source : Okakura Kakuzo (2012). “The Book of Tea: Classic Edition”, p.24, Tuttle Publishing
“Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.”
“Not Exactly True That skin hate is dead. There will never be color blindness in a culture of fear. But when you live afraid of your neighbor, the monster you should most walk in terror of thrives. It starts as a little thing, small enough to burrow into your pores, take up excruciating residence in the dark recesses of your brain. Its name is paranoia, and it spreads like an oil spill, there in the shadows, chokes your humanity. Threatens your soul.”
“Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.”
“Just because I've got blonde hair and haven't been to Bosnia doesn't mean I'm a bimbo. I am still a serious journalist.”
“Nature is supposed to become greater to me than people. It ought to speak louder from me. I should feel small in the face of nature's enormity.”

Source : Paula Modersohn-Becker, Günter Busch, Liselotte von Reinken, Arthur S. Wensinger, Carole Clew Hoey (1998). “Paula Modersohn-Becker, the Letters and Journals”, p.121, Northwestern University Press
“I could never, ever have an abortion.”

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