Quotes
Authors
Susan J. Douglas

"Here's the progression. Feminism won; you can have it all; of course you want children; mothers are better at raising children than fathers; of course your children come first; of course you come last; today's children need constant attention, cultivation, and adoration, or they'll become failures and hate you forever; you don't want to fail at that; it's easier for mothers to abandon their work and their dreams than for fathers; you don't want it all anymore (which is good because you can't have it all); who cares about equality, you're too tired; and whoops--here we are in 1954."

-- Susan J. Douglas

#Mother Quotes #Dream Quotes #Children Quotes

“Apart from anything else, I got to work withÂ Jennifer Lawrence. Sheâ€™s a lovely girl. I know people often say things like that in interviews, but she really is. While she may be young, she doesnâ€™t feel at all precocious. Instead, sheâ€™s smart and funny and terrific at connecting with people. She just blew me away.”
“The only great English midfielder in my career was Paul Scholes. He had elegance in him. Others were pretenders.”
“I would have tested the furniture if they'd asked me.”
“You always want to be the person who doesn't need to be included, but it feels damn good to be among you people. My first Broadway show was Master Class, and I saw Audra McDonald. The one that sealed the deal was Ragtime, with Marin Mazzie. My first big role was with John Lithgow, and he taught me the ropes. Norm Lewis sang the night I met my husband. It makes me feel like I have a family.”
“Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience.”
“I think it's very interesting for a director that enjoys thrillers and mysteries like I do to have the challenge to do that.”
“People are infinitely more interesting than characters that I come up with. Because the characters I come up with are basically combinations of people I've met. Combinations. You select certain details, that's all.”
“... I feel tired to death, paralyzed by this mysteriously wasted life's stubborn concentration on hopelessness and dissolution. It occurs to me that if I lie still like this for long enough, then I'll be dead when I finally wake again, and nothing can ever again torment me, beset me, or present me with evidence of my baseness and decay. That thought is the only one that can comfort me.”

Source : Christer Kihlman (1990). “The blue mother”

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