"... suffering does not ennoble. It destroys. To resist destruction, self-hatred, or lifelong hopelessness, we have to throw off the conditioning of being despised, the fear of becoming the they that is talked about so dismissively, to refuse lying myths and easy moralities, to see ourselves as human, flawed, and extraordinary. All of us extraordinary"

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Source : Dorothy Allison (2013). “Skin: Talking about Sex, Class, and Literature”, p.25, Open Road Media

Dorothy Allison

#Lying Quotes #Self Quotes #Hatred Quotes

“Is a lie really a lie if it is honestly believed?”

Source : Anthony Ryan (2014). “Tower Lord”, p.310, Penguin
“A barn with cattle and horses is the place to begin Christmas; after all, that's where the original event happened, and that same smell was the first air that the Christ Child breathed.”

Source : Paul Engle (1960). “Prairie Christmas”
“I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.”
“You cannot meet someone for a moment, or even cast eyes on someone in the street, without changing. That is my subject.”
“The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.”

Source : "Bill Moyer’s Speech – Nat’l Conf. for Media Reform". dailygrail.com. May 19, 2005.
“This sort of adoration of the real is but a heightening of the beau ideal.”
“There's a new and virulent cultural virus ripping through the world. . . . The symptoms of those infected include attacks of optimism, strong feelings of community, lower stress levels and outbreaks of pronoia - the sneaking feeling that someone is conspiring behind their backs to help them.”
“Mankind has grown strong in eternal struggles and it will only perish through eternal peace.”

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