"Among fifty percent of your married couples, the husband worries very little about what his wife is doing, provided she is doing all he wishes."

-- Honore de Balzac

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“I was a devil of a scapegrace in my time.... Father racked his head for days together to find a punishment that I should remember; but it was all no good... bread and water was a welcome change to me from the everyday monotony of potatoes and bread-and-butter. After a sound drubbing followed by half a dayâ€™s fasting, I felt more like laughing than like crying; and, in half a while, all was forgotten and my wickedness began afresh and worse than ever.”

Source : Stijn Streuvels (2005). “The Path of Life”, p.10, 1st World Publishing
“Defeat is worse than death because you live with defeat.”
“I know it is hard for you young mothers to believe that almost before you can turn around the children will be gone and you will be alone with your husband. You had better be sure you are developing the kind of love and friendship that will be delightful and enduring. Let the children learn from your attitude that he is important. Encourage him. Be kind. It is a rough world, and he, like everyone else, is fighting to survive. Be cheerful. Don't be a whiner”
“When I see Almunia's performances, I get angry and have to make a fist in my pocket”
“Women who work with animals hear this all the time: that their love for animals must arise out of a sublimated child-rearing urge. Ana's tired of the stereotype. She likes children just fine, but they're not the standard against which all other accomplishments should be measured. Caring for animals is worthwhile in and of itself, a vocation that need offer no apologies.”
“It takes a long time for the gleam in the eye to turn into something solid.”

Source : "Howard Hodgkin: the Later, Greater Hodgkin". Interview with Karen Wright, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 05, 2008.
“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”
“Marriage is nature's way of keeping us from fighting with strangers.”

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