"A lady, that is an enlightened, cultivated, liberal lady - the only kind to be in a time of increasing classlessness - could espouse any cause: wayward girls, social diseases, unmarried mothers, and/or birth control with impunity. But never by so much as the shadow of a look should she acknowledge her own experience with the Facts of Life."

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Source : Virgilia Peterson (1961). “A Matter of Life and Death”, Bantam Books

Virgilia Peterson

#Girl Quotes #Mother Quotes #Hypocrisy Quotes

“Fall in love fast, make sure I handle it delicate”
“I think, therefore I'll think.”
“If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.”

Source : "Early On, Comedian John Cleese Says, He Had Good Timing But Little Else". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, www.npr.org. October 16, 2015.
“If subordinates, or people in general, know that they genuinely have easy access to their leader, they'll tend to view the leader in a more positive, trustworthy light.”
“Happiness is a moving target.”

Source : Kinky Friedman (2008). “What Would Kinky Do?: How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World”, p.193, Macmillan
“All the same, my depression and self-hatred, my desire to mutilate myself with broken bottles, my numbness and crying fits, my inability to get out of bed for days and days, the feeling of the world moving in to crush me, went on and on. But I knew I wouldn't go mad, even if that release, that letting-go, was a freedom I desired. I was waiting for myself to heal.”
“Coaching doesn't make sick people well...it helps healthy people become extra-ordinary.”
“[Adolf Hitler] was very close-mouthed, he was the most private individual I have ever seen, very secretive.”

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