"We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not last. We feel so sure of this that we will undermine our own inklings of joy, blunting the pain we think awaits."

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Source : Anneli Rufus (2014). “Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself”, p.61, Penguin

Anneli Rufus

#Pain Quotes #Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who have fallen from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone.”
“I felt as if I had attended the funeral of someone I didn't know.”
“Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many young men and women feel like, no matter how hard they try, they may never achieve their dreams.”
“Learn to listen with your fingers.”
“Short-term and long-term results typically lead to different result, which are often the opposite.”
“I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops ... how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free men and women can fight like the dickens.”
“Anything that happens to you has some bearing upon what you write.”
“If women are all of a sudden complaining all the time about getting sent to Pakistan, then if I were an editor, I probably wouldn't send a woman.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com

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