"We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences."

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Source : "How Do Our Worst Moments Shape Us?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, andrewsolomon.com. August 01, 2014.

Andrew Solomon

#Identity Quotes #Painful Quotes

“The status quo (of development) pre-ordains failure from the very beginning.”
“I have a deeper compassion for those living with cancer, as well as their family members. And now when someone tells me that a loved one passed away, I feel it deeply, as though it were my own relative.”
“I smile at her. "You're an angel." "Nah," she says. "I'm just a girl crazy in love.”

Source : Pittacus Lore (2010). “I Am Number Four: (Lorien Legacies Book 1)”, p.253, Penguin UK
“I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.”
“There is nothing like first-hand evidence.”
“My knowledge of the universe is that if I write stupid jokes, the universe gives me a really nice house and great meals. I do not believe mankind will ever develop a formula to explain this.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.”
“There are minerals called hydrophanous, which are not transparent till they are immersed in water, when they become so; as the hydrophane, a variety of opal. So it is with many a Christian. Till the floods of adversity been poured over him, his character appears marred and clouded by selfishness and worldly influences. But trials clear away the obscurity, and give distinctness and beauty to his piety.”

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