"Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone."

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Ariel Gore

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“If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock.”
“And home pregnancy tests? They are so last century. Nowadays, I think there's an app that calls your iPhone to warn you that if you finish that third cosmo, you may wind up with a wombmate.”

Source : Lizz Winstead (2012). “Lizz Free or Die: Essays”, p.51, Penguin
“The days of my youth I remember as nearly always in need of explanation, and not as much fun as advertised in the promotions for board games and breakfast cereal.”
“We participate in the creation of the world by decreating ourselves.”
“We never give more honour to Jesus than when we honour his Mother, and we honour her simply and solely to honour him all the more perfectly. We go to her only as a way leading to the goal we seek - Jesus, her Son.”

Source : Saint Louis de Montfort (2016). “True Devotion to Mary: Saint Louis de Montfort”, p.61, Danka
“It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.”

Source : "The class system: Michael Morpurgo's schooldays" by Michael Morpurgo, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2012.
“This doctrine of transmigration or reincarnation of the soul is found among many tribes of savages”
“I've been attracted to imagery and occasionally I've drawn from it, but I never thought I'd be painting these paintings. I didn't have any desire to. I didn't think there was any reason to.”

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