"Do not mistake me. I am not yet weak enough to yield to fearful imaginings, which are almost as absurd as illusions of hope, and are certainly harder to bear. If I must deceive myself, I should prefer to stay on the side of confidence, for I shall lose no more there and shall suffer less."

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Marguerite Yourcenar

#Mistake Quotes #Yield Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“In addition to that, having the items I needed to foster the breastfeeding process and give me an opportunity to bond with my baby in this way was something that I felt was so important in my life and my experience as a first-time mom.Â I love that I am able to play a role in giving that joy and support to the moms we will be helping.”
“One of our deepest needs is to be at home.”
“What we're really trying to tell, even though it's very much a genre show, is a very human story. Even in this heightened situation, it still comes down to people being people, and dealing with people as people. It really is about the seven people in that town.”
“I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.”
“Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and admirable. For people of science, he is a hero. Denying man a privileged place in creation, .. he reaffirms with his own intellectual courage the dignity of man.”
“I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.”
“One is not oneself every day-fortunately.”
“I married the man of my dreams in 1998.”

Source : Cindy Margolis, Kathy Kanable (2008). “Having a Baby...When the Old-Fashioned Way Isn't Working: Hope and Help for Everyone Facing Infertility”, p.21, Penguin

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