"The arrangements that couples make in order to maintain civility in the midst of their journey to divorce are often most elaborate when the professed top priority is to protect a child."

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John Irving

#Children Quotes #Couple Quotes #Divorce Quotes

“Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.”

Source : "Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Man's Spiritual Consciousness". Book by Evelyn Underhill, p. 152, 1912.
“I admire Grover Norquist. I think hes done a lot of good.”
“Everyone's really lazy in L.A.”
“We can co-create this change. Spreading the word, learning to treat others with love, acceptance and forgiveness, and bravely stepping up to do our part... it's all part of the great dance of life. You don't have to sit back and wait for it. The most powerful gateway to the universe you have is the present. All the work of so many lifetimes is ultimately completed in a single instant - and you can choose whenever that will be.”
“I shoot for 'Extra' three times a week, and that's great for Las Vegas, too. In addition to interviewing stars who are here for shows, parties and premieres, I'll also get peoples' reactions to different news items and topical gossip.”
“Dance training can't be separate from life training. Everything that comes into our lives is training. The qualities we admire in great dancing are the same qualities we admire in human beings: honesty, courage, fearlessness, generosity, wisdom, depth, compassion,and humanity.”
“Humanity may destroy the possibilities for life on earth unless the freedom and power that we have acquired are channeled in new creative directions by a spiritual awareness and moral commitment that transcend nationalism, racism, sexism, religious sectarianism, anthropocentrism, and the dualism between human culture and nature. This is the great issue for the 1990s and the twenty-first century.”
“our quarrels with the world are like our quarrels with God: no matter how right we are, we are wrong.”

Source : Randall Jarrell (1965). “A sad heart at the supermarket: essays & fables”

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