"I am the sole author of the dictionary that defines me."

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Source : Zadie Smith (2001). “White Teeth”, p.551, Penguin UK

Zadie Smith

#Sole Quotes #Dictionary Quotes

“Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.”

Source : "Interview: Wavy Gravy : Saint Misbehavin'". Interview with Richard Whittaker, www.conversations.org. December 21, 2010.
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.”

Source : "That's Life : Wild Wit & Wisdom". Book by Bonnie Louise Kuchler, 2003.
“Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment”
“A married man with a family will do anything for money.”
“The present is where we get lost - if we forget our past and have no vision of the future”

Source : Ayi Kwei Armah (2000). “The healers: a novel”, Per Ankh Pub
“And so, it is not astonishing that, though the patient enters therapy insisting that he wants to change, more often than not, what he really wants is to remain the same and to get the therapist to make him feel better. (4)”

Source : SHELDON B KOPP (1972). “IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD KILL HIM THE PILGRIMAGE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY PATIENTS”
“So sometimes it is an outright manipulation like that, but most of the time I'm just, I'm creating a mood that is a place of comfort for the person and a way for our dialogue to be more fluid.”

Source : Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. April 21, 2010.
“Our bodies, apart from their brilliant role as drawing exercises, are the temples of our being. Like the bodies of all fauna, they deserve both our study and our appreciation.”

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