"People seem always actually to know, with a degree of pain that has required the comfort of fairy tales, that when you are dressed in any particular way at all, you are revealed rather than hidden."

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Source : Anne Hollander (1993). “Seeing Through Clothes”, p.444, Univ of California Press

Anne Hollander

#Pain Quotes #People Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“Writing has to support itself.”
“You must never check for a person's pulse using your thumb, or you'll feel your own heartbeat. Actually, I plan on doing that if I'm the one who's here when Ruth dies. I plan on giving her my heartbeat before I let her go.”
“I wanted to see if I could create something that is emotional between people. Existing games are about killing each other or killing something together. The idea of social emotion means people need to share feelings. At that moment, the players are in sync. The problem [with many games] is there's no chance to share emotion. Most of them are busy, [there are] explosions everywhere. So we got rid of all the background noise and we had to get rid of the guns.”
“To some extent I've always taken the architecture of the space into account.”
“Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesnâ€™t make you who you are.Â It is the rest of your story â€“ who you choose to be.”

Source : "Fictional character: Soothsayer". "Kung Fu Panda 2", www.imdb.com. 2011.
“Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be our most valued policy asset: the increased flexibility of our economy, which has fostered our extraordinary resilience to shocks.”
“I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.”
“A lot of people are worried that many of our rights and privileges we've come to expect as part of the American democratic process will be abandoned or restricted in some way. That is a valid fear and it makes it all the more important that people get together now to prevent any possible damage.”

Source : Source: m.motherjones.com

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