"People say you need to be strong, smart, and lucky to survive hard times, war, a natural disaster, or physical torture. But I say emotional abuseâ€”anxiety, fear, guilt, and degradationâ€”is far worse and much harder to survive."

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Source : Lisa See (2010). “Shanghai Girls”, p.35, A&C Black

#Strong Quotes #War Quotes #Smart Quotes

“For the most part, pianos are female to me. Sometimes they're dykes, and they're always good fun.”
“If we are right with the Lord, then, as we face adversity, we can be assured that we will be blessed with faith, strength, wisdom and help from others, not only to overcome, but to learn and to grow from those experiences.”
“The world is always ending; the exact date depends on when you came into it.”
“What they say about TV shows is true. You're really a family. You laugh, you fight, you get close, you know? Movies are shorter. They're over quicker. You don't form the same bonds.”

Source : "True Grit: James Gandolfini". Interview With Dan Fierman, www.gq.com. October 16, 2010.
“In every country and in every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.”
“If it ain't rough, it ain't right”
“When in many societies, fathers are usually known by their sons, I am one of the few fathers who is known by his daughter, and I'm proud of it.”
“It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair of individuals. One brother will be civilized and the other a barbarian...All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a Parisian may still do it. But we, who live remote from history and monuments, we must read or we must barbarise.”

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