"In the future if my mother tries to shame me with her disapproval, I will let her know in no uncertain terms that I reject her and all of her codependent baggage. I am Codependent No More."

-- Susan Juby

#Mother Quotes #Trying Quotes #Baggage Quotes

“If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, why do they go out of their way to despise each other? Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time. It's because he wants to stay inside.”
“One thing about these storms, we know how disruptive things can be when we depend on the system to keep working. What would happen if the terrorists do it? Knock down the power, destroy bridges, cut the water supply?”
“The best advice my mom ever gave me was that you have to talk about your emotions. If something upsets me, she'd say, 'Get mad about it; it's healthy for you,' and I could feel like: Good; now it's over...next!”
“The words "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies”
“Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands.”
“I have a really simple wardrobe. I wear a low-scoop tee every day with a tux or leather jacket and tux pants or black jeans. That's pretty much it.”

Source : "Best New Designers: Meet Johan Lindeberg (Again)". Interview with Andrew Richdale, www.gq.com. April 12, 2012.
“The showbiz world has to be manipulated to make it more interesting because most people's lives are boring.”
“The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being.”

You may also like:

Alice Kuipers
Author
Allan Stratton
Playwright
Chevy Stevens
Author
Gordon Korman
Author
Kenneth Oppel
Writer
Mark Leiren-Young
Journalist
Martha Brooks
Writer
Nancy Farmer
Author
Tim Wynne-Jones
Author