"One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals."

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Source : Ayelet Waldman (2009). “Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace”, p.3, Anchor

Ayelet Waldman

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“There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or silent. The hounds are perpetually at fault among the sweet-scented herbs and flowers that grow at the base of Etna.”

Source : John Frederick Boyes (1859). “Life and Books: Or, Records of Thought and Reading”, p.154
“Hitler was no inexorable product of a German 'special path', no logical culmination of long-term trends in specifically German culture and ideology. Nor was he a mere 'accident' in the course of German history.”

Source : Ian Kershaw (1998). “Hitler, 1889-1936: Hubris”
“We think we should only go into a country if we can be sure of our return. Jesus never promised that.”
“Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage.”
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.”

Source : FYODOR MIKHAILOVICH DOSTOEVSKY (1952). “GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD”
“When you're stuck sitting in a comfort zone, small problems become magnified. Get out of your comfort zone, touch the edge, and you come back with an appreciation for life.”
“Unnecessary bureaucracy hinders creativity, growth, justice and the attainment of peace.”
“I just have this feeling that if it weren't for the Gloversville Free Library that I probably would not be a writer.”

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