"I spent so much of my life shut down from the abuse of my childhood. I didn't have friends and I didn't have connections with people."

-- Bonnie St. John

#People Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Abuse Quotes

“The Eucharist began at Bethlehem in Mary's arms. It was she who brought to humanity the Bread for which it was famishing, and which alone can nourish it. She it was who took care of that Bread for us. It was she who nourished the Lamb whose life-giving Flesh we feed upon”
“Nothing can be done except little by little.”

Source : Charles Baudelaire (1956). “The Essence of Laughter: And Other Essays, Journals, and Letters”
“Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.”
“Even though I occasionally appear on it, I don't watch television.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.”

Source : Mary Doria Russell (1998). “Children of God: A Novel”, Villard Books
“I don't blame Bill Maher for mocking religion. I can see why he took the trouble to make the movie. In one sense, it's overdue.”
“My favorite anything is always relative to the context of present time, place and mood. When I finish a book and want to immediately find another by the same author and no other, that author is elevated to my favorite.”
“Comics are a "young" art form, and there is much confusion as to how to treat them. Images have more immediate impact than words, and it is not every reader who can be convinced to relax into experiencing the work for what it is - not words and pictures, but a different form, where the narrative is propelled by the blending of image, word and sequence, and where no element can be extricated and have the same meaning by itself. When this art is shown in a gallery, its "thingness" is called to attention, it is no longer experienced as "story," but rather as an artifact of the artist's process.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.

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