"Our home, our special country, is for all of us the place where we find liberation; a very difficult word ... that tries to describe something that can't be described but is the only thing worth having."

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Source : Elizabeth Goudge (2017). “Green Dolphin Country”, p.128, Hachette UK

Elizabeth Goudge

#Country Quotes #Home Quotes #Special Quotes

“Antidepressant medications, you still have some depressive thoughts. Antipsychotic medications, you still have some psychotic symptoms for the vast majority of the people taking them. But it gives them a little separation, and it doesn't control his behavior as much when you have a sad feeling, difficult thought, an odd perceptual experience. We can teach people those exact skills in therapy, you get longer-term benefits and without the side effects. So don't be sold just because a commercial interest wants to sell you things.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“George Burns was the father I never had”
“Each moment is a moment of choice and your commitments keep you true to yourself, choice by choice.”
“A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.”
“With just about every player in Australia, his whole goal and ambition is to play for Australia. That's why they're playing first class cricket. It's just a different attitude.”
“So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born.”
“In the midst of conflict, there is absolutely nothing that produces gains as dramatically as listening.”

Source : Neil Clark Warren (1998). “The Triumphant Marriage: 100 Extremely Successful Couples Reveal Their Secrets”, Focus on the Family Pub
“Consumers view of you is not about how they compare you to other banks. It's about how they compare you to all of the other businesses they experience.”

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