"Are you a censor? Do you tell people not to say â€œgirlâ€? Shame on you! If nothing offends you, youâ€™re a saint or youâ€™re psychotic. If a few things offend you, deal with them--fairly. If youâ€™re often offended by things, youâ€™re probably a self-righteous ***** and itâ€™s too bad you werenâ€™t censored yourself--by your mother in an abortion clinic."

-- William T. Vollmann

#Girl Quotes #Mother Quotes #Self Quotes

“Some people are born into wonderful families. Others have to find or create them. Being a member of a family is a priceless membership that we pay nothing for but love.”

Source : Jim Stovall (2010). “Today's the Day!”, p.42, David C Cook
“You know, I read the papers and I watch the news a lot. I watch 'Dateline' and '48 Hours'. And I think we have a tendency to become terrified of one another, thinking that there is a serial killer that is on either side of you.”
“I have never lost my faith in God.”
“A historic, in-depth study of what it means to risk one's life to be an artist. It is also a depiction of sexual confusions, ironic outrage and rage, and the shedding of society's armor to create a female knight in pursuit of a vision. Georgia O'Keeffe is the one woman who was there first in the world of art.”
“Every time I'm close to you, there's too much I can't say, and you just walk away. And I forgot to tell you I love you.”
“When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes you can already pronounce the syllables in your mouth before opening it.”

Source : Robert Pinget (1966). “Mahu: Or, The Material: a Novel”, Riverrun Press
“Neo-Liberalism promised us a Global Village and gave us a Potemkin Village.”
“The repressed memory is like a noisy intruder being thrown out of the concert hall. You can throw him out, but he will bang on the door and continue to disturb the concert. The analyst opens the door and says, If you promise to behave yourself, you can come back in.”

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