"They say that childhood forms us, that those early influences are the key to everything. Is the peace of the soul so easily won? Simply the inevitable result of a happy childhood. What makes childhood happy? Parental harmony? Good health? Security? Might not a happy childhood be the worst possible preparation for life? Like leading a lamb to the slaughter."

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Source : Josephine Hart (1991). “Damage: a novel”, Alfred A. Knopf

Josephine Hart

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“He has been trying to sing Love into existence again And he has failed”
“Follow your bliss. Do the thing where you sit down at 8 a.m. and then you realize you're hungry and you look up and it's 10 p.m. If you can find something you love that much, it doesn't matter what you do.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“So here is why I write what I do: We all have futures. We all have pasts. We all have stories. And we all, every single one of us, no matter who we are and no matter whatâ€™s been taken from us or what poison weâ€™ve internalized or how hard weâ€™ve had to work to expel it â€“ â€“ we all get to dream.”
“I'm not a big fan of TV. It's an unavoidable situation being Ozzy Osbourne, people want you to go on chat shows, and I'm not good at it. I don't feel comfortable doing it.”
“I developed the concept of the Happy Warrior as a rallying cry for those of us who want to restore America to its great foundational principles: individual freedom, personal responsibility, fiscal restraint, and economic liberty.”

Source : "What The (Bleep) Just Happened?: The Happy Warrior's Guide To The Great American Comeback". Interview with Jamie Glazov, www.frontpagemag.com. June 20, 2012.
“predilection, n. The preparatory stage of disillusion.”
“Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.”
“Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.”

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