"Whenever I was confronted in the schoolyard, I found some way to avoid the fight. I ran for it. I backed down. Psychologically and emotionally, that isn't a low-cost course of action for most boys. You avoid a physical beating, but you pay a real social and psychological cost for it. Those moments of walking away from fights, even though I knew it was the rational and civilized thing to do, cost me tremendously."

-- Jonathan Gottschall

#Real Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Boys Quotes

“I love good food. For me, that means lots of green juice, salad, and good dark chocolate.”

Source : "Stephanie Ellis on being vegetarian, human trafficking, and taking ownership of your life". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I listen to a lot of really old western and country music. Theres a lot of cool stuff in there all the heartbreak of the country darkness.”
“The best model of a cat is another cat..., specially the same cat.”
“...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.”
“And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.”
“Many women feel it is natural to consult with their partners at every turn, while many men automatically make more decisions without consulting their partners.”
“For everyone is pained by the thought of disappearing, unheard and unseen, into an indifferent universe, and because of that everyone wants, while there is still time, to turn himself into a universe of words.”
“The past is a pebble in my shoe.”

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