"The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones."

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Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare (1848). “Guesses at Truth: Second Series”, p.214

Julius Charles Hare

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“Relationships are such that if one person changes, the relationship changes.”

Source : Michele Weiner Davis (2008). “The Sex-Starved Wife: What to Do When He's Lost Desire”, p.131, Simon and Schuster
“The greatest feeling in the world is to win a major league game. The second-greatest feeling is to lose a major league game.”
“The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security. On the other hand, the more we are forced to admit that we actually live in the real world, the more we feel ignorant, uncertain, and insecure about everything.”
“The only true voyage of discovery, . . . would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes.”
“Sisterhood is powerful. It kills. Mostly sisters.”

Source : "Death of revolutionary" by Susan Faludi, www.newyorker.com. April 15, 2013.
“Write a list of ways that you have benefited from being married to your spouse. Then write a list of your spouse's positive patterns and qualities. Keep adding to the lists and reread them frequently.”
“You're a musician and you live and die by people responding to your music. It's a business just like anything else and if people don't like your music, that's kind of your problem.”
“It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.”

Source : Terry McMillan (2006). “The Interruption of Everything”, p.412, Penguin

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