"When you've been hurt, you don't make excuses for the jerk who hurt you. That's his mama's job."

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Source : Catherine Anderson (2007). “Phantom Waltz”, p.69, Penguin

Catherine Anderson

#Hurt Quotes #Jobs Quotes #Mama Quotes

“It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that they don't usually try too hard is just as well; a thoroughly updated parent is an unappetizing sight.”
“I'm quite a smiley guy, I have my moments, but I think I'm generally of a relatively optimistic nature.”

Source : "The Russian Prince". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 14, 2016.
“Prince William definitely isn't my type, he's too horsey-looking.”

Source : Daily Mirror, August 2004.
“We expected, I expected to find actual usable, chemical or biological weapons after we entered Iraq. But I have to accept, as the months have passed, it seems increasingly clear that at the time of invasion, Saddam did not have stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons ready to deploy.”
“People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, thatâ€™s what I admire most.”
“There are two kinds of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from reading your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files.”

Source : Bruce Schneier (1996). “Applied cryptography: protocols, algorithms, and source code in C”, John Wiley & Sons Inc
“Marriage is simply an economic necessity, and so there are no elaborate courtship displays or marriage celebrations among the Eskimo.”

Source : Peter Farb (1968). “Man's rise to civilization as shown by the Indians of North America from primeval times to the coming of the industrial state”, Secker & Warburg
“And when you try to live there, to live in a place where you're betraying yourself over and over, not only do you grow to resent the hell out of it, and resent the hell out of whomever you're betraying and censoring yourself for, but the very idea of your self begins slowly and inexorably to erode. Until you realize one day out of the clear blue that you have no idea who your self is, anymore.”

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