"funny how ready people are to believe that counseling, which even when voluntary takes years to modify garden-variety neuroses, can work wonders in months with resistant patients who hate each other."

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Source : Katha Pollitt (1995). “Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism”, Vintage

Katha Pollitt

#Hate Quotes #Believe Quotes #Garden Quotes

“It cuts one sadly to see the grief of old people; they've no way o' working it off; and the new spring brings no new shoots out on the withered tree.”
“I can't sleep. There's always somebody not getting treatment. I can't stand that.”

Source : "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World". Book by Tracy Kidder, 2004.
“I'm intensely private, and I've openly shown annoyance at the paparazzi.”
“There is a chance that we could have at least as many dying from communicable diseases as we had dying from the tsunami.”

Source : "Scarborough Country", www.nbcnews.com. January 3, 2005.
“It's important to listen to lots of different genres because you never know when something will get born out of it.”
“I want to thank all my fans, teammates, coaches and supporters for the strength they've given me to overcome so much.”
“A majority of women's magazines feature women who do amazing things, but then the article focuses on how she ruined it with her shoes.”
“Iâ€™ve kissed girls before, itâ€™s fun!”

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