"The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring her happiness; she lives happily ever after only by refusing to wait for him -- or by actually rejecting him. It is those who persist in hoping for a Prince Charming who are setting themselves up for disillusionment and unhappiness."

-- Susan Faludi

#Waiting Quotes #Doe Quotes #Fairy Tale Quotes

“But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?”
“The H-1B visa program which helps sustain our rapidly growing economy and also helps meet the health care needs of families living in rural New Mexico.”
“Now I'd like someone to tell me there is no drama in real life!”
“So people only focus on getting the really deep sleep, but in reality, we spend almost 60% of the night in the stage two sleep.”
“Next to â€˜Godâ€™, â€˜loveâ€™ is the word most mangled in every language.”
“Being part of an agenda beyond ourselves liberates us to complement each other rather than compete with each other.”
“Crazy isn't being broken or swallowing a dark secret. It's you or me amplified. If you ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.”

Source : "Girl, Interrupted". www.imdb.com. 1999.
“Of course we in Europe also have epidemic, structural sexual violence. Violence is always the dark core of dominance. The men who are now coming to us from Islamic cultural circles are, of course, shaped by conditions there, which are still much more antiquated than here. That's a problem that we have ignored for far too long. In the name of a false tolerance, we have accepted that women are kept at home like prisoners and are forcibly married.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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