"The family is a haven in a heartless world."

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Source : Christopher Lasch (1997). “Women and the Common Life: Love, Marriage, and Feminism”, p.11, W. W. Norton & Company

Christopher Lasch

#Family Quotes #Heartless Quotes #World Quotes

“I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.”
“There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.”
“An editor is the uncrowned king of an educated democracy.”
“Personally, in real life, Im a little more down-and-dirty than I am glamorous.”
“Science has done more for the development of western civilization in one hundred years than Christianity did in eighteen hundred years.”
“Woman of my dreams, I donâ€™t sleep so I canâ€™t find her”
“Grief is a healthy emotion, and it's healthy to embrace it. By accepting loss, we clarify our values and the meaning of our lives.”
“There's all these people involved, and it becomes this huge machine - it stops being just me making my own little songs for myself, or for the world. And it's hard to stop the machine. If you want to take time to write a record, they're like, "OK, tour through March, April, and June, then you can take a few weeks off to record in July before getting back on the road for the European festival circuit." After a while, I had to put my foot down.”

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