"But really, the term â€œforgive and forgetâ€ doesnâ€™t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isnâ€™t always healthy. But if we forget, we donâ€™t learn from our mistakes. And that can be deadly."

-- Meg Cabot

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“We approach life not just to be able to think about it and talk about it and discover its truths, but also to enjoy it. And so a healthy life really isn't about abstinence or asceticism, it's about enjoying your time on this earth.”

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“Fear beyond rational limits forces people to cling to normality”
“I think it's inevitable that some of the court's decisions will be found by a segment of the public to be not the right decision or subject to criticism.”
“I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else”
“A faith-holder puts himself below his faith and lets it guide his actions. The fanatic puts himself above it and uses it as an excuse for his actions.”
“The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks”
“A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to him. If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable him to reach the waves, which are perhaps within a yard of him. The world is full of human lobsters; people stranded on the rocks of indecision and procrastination, who, instead of putting forth their own energies, are waiting for some grand billow of good fortune to set them afloat.”
“In many ways, constancy is an illusion.”

Source : Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.14, Grove Press

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