"It was always exciting, but it was also always dangerous. And fear takes a toll finally: when you live in danger from moment to moment, the constant tension becomes very wearying. Every step I took on the roads of Gelderland was nerve-wracking, because I was secretly carrying the very material that could turn out to be my own death warrant."

-- Diet Eman

#Tolls Quotes #Steps Quotes #Nerves Quotes

“My mom's been married three times; my dad has been married a lot. I didn't really see my dad that much.”
“Alcohol was the background color in the fabric of Reggie's life.”

Source : Barbara Goldsmith (2011). “LITTLE GLORIA”, p.120, Knopf
“My dad just wanted me to find something to do to keep me out of trouble. Boxing was the great escape.”
“The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it.”
“Literature is the denunciation of the times in which one lives.”
“I'm the ugly sister. I'm the fat one. I'm the transvestite. I have had those mean things said about me at least twice a day for the last five years. It's horrible, you know? But I can brush that stuff off.”

Source : "Khloe Kardashian talks body image, weight in LOVE Magazine interview: 'I'm the ugly, fat sister'" by Joyce Chen, www.nydailynews.com. February 10, 2011.
“Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.”

Source : Alfred Korzybski (1958). “Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics”, p.91, Institute of GS
“Knowledge is only rumor until it lives in the bones.”

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