"Maybe I lacked coping skills. Maybe I was weak. I cared for people for no better reason than they seemed to care for me, acknowledge me. It didnâ€™t seem so dangerous at the time."

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Source : Mark Slouka (2014). “Brewster: A Novel”, p.61, W. W. Norton & Company

Mark Slouka

#Skills Quotes #People Quotes #Care Quotes

“No one is saved alone, as an isolated individual, but God attracts us looking at the complex web of relationships that take place in the human community. God enters into this dynamic, this participation in the web of human relationships.”
“What happens in somebody's house down the street does in very deed have an effect on what happens in my house and how it's treated.”
“Patenting and purchase of lands are absolutely vital to the health of Nevada's rural communities.”
“Bail out the bankers and bankrupt the school teachers - we will still teachI will never follow the lead of those who exclude the kids who need education the most so that my precious scores will rise. I will never line up with those whose idea of reform is the subtle segregation of the poor and desperate. I want no part of the American caste system.”
“A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.”
“The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play.”
“I think it's because it was an emotional story, and emotions come through much stronger in black and white. Colour is distracting in a way, it pleases the eye but it doesn't necessarily reach the heart.”
“I loved doing Baywatch. It was so much fun!”

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