"What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood."

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Source : Alice Miller (2008). “Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth”, p.126, Basic Books

Alice Miller

#Addiction Quotes #Plight Quotes #Language Quotes

“We all agree now - by 'we' I mean intelligent people under sixty - that a work of art is like a rose. A rose is not beautiful because it is like something else. Neither is a work of art. Roses and works of art are beautiful in themselves.”
“The fact was I loved my wife to a degree that I found impossible to express, and so rarely did.”
“I don't bow down to the federal government.”

Source : "Pete Carroll Tries To Rally The Team". Joe Arpaio's remarks during the Seahawks team meeting at SpringHill Suites of Peoria/Glendale hotel in Arizona, doorfliesopen.com. January 1, 2016.
“It's very hard to win without any problems. To win, you have to fight. And many times, this fight means to indispose in certain ways with some people, to prevail your beliefs. Your point of view, your ideas and your personality above everything. If you don`t fight hard, you lose your own way. And if you lose your own way, you`re nobody. So, to achieve this line of conduct, you have to fight very hard. And in many times, you really have to fight.”
“There seems to be some pleasure for women in sick talk of one another.”
“The development of personal awareness is the only thing the human person can control, and once we understand that, a lot of the appendages fall away, and we look at purpose and karma and not get besotted by the karmas of other people because we carry them from life to life and year to year and day to day.”
“I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.”

Source : Interview With Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. July 28, 2006.
“As a scientist, I can not help feeling that all religions are on a tottering foundation. None is perfect or inspired.The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don't want to have anything to do with such a God.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. July 24, 2002.

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