"Even the wealthiest professional woman can be "brought down" by being in a relationship where she longs to be loved and is consistently lied to. To the degree that she trusts her male companion, lying and other forms of betrayal will most likely shatter her self-confidence and self-esteem."

-- Bell Hooks

#Betrayal Quotes #Self Esteem Quotes #Lying Quotes

“I don't care if I die - look, I'm old - but you want your kids to have good times and a good life.”
“You know why there are so many whitefish in the Yellowstone River? Because the Fish and Game people have never done anything to help them.”
“The way Spain has now behaved in Catalonia, after the referendum, is a total disgrace. If this continues, it will all reach the point of no return. You cannot start sexually harassing women and then break their fingers, one by one, because they want to have their own state. You cannot injure hundreds of innocent people, who simply don't want to be governed from Madrid. That's absurd and thoroughly sick! Spain used to commit holocausts all over what is now called Latin America, so it is 'in their blood'. But I don't think Catalans will allow this to be done to them.”
“There's no particular evidence that any of the lower mammals or any of the other animals have any interest in aesthetics at all. But Homo sapiens does, always has and always will.”
“The Socialists can scheme their schemes and the Liberals can dream their dreams, but we, at least, have work to do.”
“Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.”

Source : Ellen Raskin (2004). “The Westing Game (Puffin Modern Classics)”, p.42, Penguin
“FAITH. No one word personifies the absolute worst and most wicked properties of religion better than that. Faith is mind-rot. Itâ€™s the poison that destroys critical thinking, undermines evidence, and leads people into lives dedicated to absurdity. Itâ€™s a parasite regarded as a virtue. I speak as a representative of the scientific faction of atheism: itâ€™s one thing we simply cannot compromise on. Faith is wrong.”
“When a picture can't make it on its own, the producers pull in a 'controversial' message - the way a couple whose marriage is falling apart decide to have a baby.”

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