"Miss Havisham is a glitch in the smooth functioning of the Patriarchy, enforcing awareness of a moment of social disaster and personal shame, something it seems she would want us to forget (but no one would forget). (Maybe an interesting "discussion question" for readers of Complicated Grief might be, "What do Terry Barton and Miss Havisham have in common?"?)"

-- Laura Mullen

#Grief Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Missing Quotes

“God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.”

Source : William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.22
“It is idle to say that nations can struggle to outdo each other in building armaments and never use them. History demonstrates the contrary, and we have but to go back to the last war to see the appalling effect of nations competing in great armaments.”
“I'm from Arizona where I feel like our history, as a state, is so young in comparison to some of these wonderful southern cities and towns.”

Source : Source: www.denofgeek.com
“The greatest single cause of a poor self-image is the absence of unconditional love.”
“Pop stars should not eat.”
“Producers and studios want to make movies that are more appealing internationally and I think that you have to use your different cultures as an advantage to be able to make those movies.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.”
“What to do, when a ship carrying a hundred passengers suddenly capsizes and there is only one lifeboat? When the lifeboat is full, those who hate life will try to load it with more people and sink the lot. Those who love and respect life will take the ship's axe and sever the extra hands that cling to the sides.”

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