"In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding child selects a hat and takes on that role: the good child, the black sheep, the clown, and so forth."

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Source : Ellen Galinsky (1981). “Between generations: the six stages of parenthood”, Smithmark Pub

Ellen Galinsky

#Children Quotes #Sheep Quotes #Secret Places Quotes

“The idea that you're not a writer until you're published is a lie.”
“What? she said once to herself, and then once aloud, What? She felt a total displacement, like a spinning globe brought to a sudden halt by the light touch of a finger. How did she end up here, like this? How could there have been so much - so many moments, so many people and things, so many razors and pillows, timepieces and subtle coffins - without her being aware? How did her life live itself without her?”
“I would love to try to win another game. Obviously, it's more fun when you win. I'd rather try and not win than not try at all.”
“The old idea is that when tragedy strikes or when an obstacle blocks us, there are only two possibilities. We either become a smaller person or we become a bigger person. If it's a real life change you cannot come out the same. So therefore, you're either going to come out smaller or you're going to rise up and ultimately come out of it a bigger person.”
“Beautiful tunes are all very good and fine, and great musicians are always great, but that alone isn't enough.”

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“I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people.”
“Everything is beautiful in it's own way. Like the starry summer night, or a snow-covered winter's day. And everybody's beautiful in their own way. Under God's heaven, the world's gonna find the way.”
“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.”

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