"The greatest scandal of the century in American psychiatry ... is the growing mania among thousands of inept therapists, family counselors, and social workers for arousing false memories of childhoood sexual abuse."

-- Martin Gardner

#Memories Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Growing Quotes

“Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we happy?' 'When we desire nothing and realize that possession is only momentary, and so are forever playing.' 'What is regret?' 'To realize that one has spent one's life worrying about the future.' 'What is sorrow?' 'To long for the past.' 'What is the highest pleasure?' 'To hear a good story.”

Source : Vikram Chandra (2011). “Red Earth and Pouring Rain”, p.365, Faber & Faber
“When my reason is afloat, my faith cannot long remain in suspense, and I believe in God as firmly as in any other truth whatever; in short, a thousand motives draw me to the consolatory side, and add the weight of hope to the equilibrium of reason.”
“I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.”
“But Hale wasn't just a member of her crew who had messed up. He was Hale. Her Hale. And Kat just wanted him back.”
“Let's create a legal system that can work.”

Source : Interview with Tom Bevan, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 12, 2007.
“I have to tell you, you can't have an ego when you're an actor. A lot of actors have them, but in reality most of those people are just sensitive artists dying for a hug and a compliment.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.”
“My two sons speak Hebrew, and are familiar with the scriptures and with rabbinic literature. This is the way we live.”

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