"You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations."

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Source : "Open Secrets". Book by Alice Munro, 1994.

Alice Munro

#Real Quotes #Parent Quotes #Shame Quotes

“A good man is hard to find," she said wistfully. "Not everyone is as lucky as you are.”
“Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.”
“There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.”
“All good art cannot help but confront denial on its way to truth.”
“The damning tho't stuck in my throat and cut me like a knife, That she, whom all my life I'd loved, should be another's wife.”
“There are choices you have to make not just once”

Source : Luis J. Rodriguez (2005). “Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.”, p.132, Simon and Schuster
“The gift of the Holy Ghost is as important to man as sunshine and water are to plants.”
“The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know.”

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