"Whatever others may say, they say it to deceive and comfort themselves, not help you."

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Source : "The Sun Watches the Sun". Book by Dejan Stojanovic (Sequence: "A Game," Chapter: "Cheat," p. 88), 1999.

Dejan Stojanovic

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“I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living.”
“Parents do not own their children. They have no â€˜natural rightâ€™ to control their education fully.”
“Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.”

Source : "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak" by Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak" by Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. October 19, 2009.
“I am not what I think I am. I just am.”

Source : Jaimal Yogis (2009). “Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea”, p.231, Simon and Schuster
“Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.”
“Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.”
“She was a great cook, but she cooked more for herself than for other people, not because she was hungry but because she was comforted by the rituals of the kitchen.”

Source : Ruth Reichl (2011). “Tender At The Bone”, p.34, Random House
“Men ruled the roost and women played a subservient role [in the 1960s]. Working wives were a rarity, because their place was in the home, bringing up the kids. The women who did work were treated as second-class citizens because it was a male-dominated society. That was a fact of life then. But it wouldn't be tolerated today, and that's quite right in my book... people look back on those days through a thick veil of nostalgia, but life was hard if you were anything other than a rich, powerful, white male.”

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