"Wait, and hope" (The Count of Monte Cristo)"

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Alexandre Dumas

#Waiting Quotes #Monte Cristo Quotes

“You can lose your ability to play romantic scenes... you have to ensure that your mind is in the right place.”
“Some women have 'always' been lesbians. Others, like myself, have 'become' one. As much a sociocultural construction as it is an effect of early childhood experiences, sexual identity is nether innate nor simply acquired, but dynamically (re)structured by forms of fantasy private and public, conscious and unconscious, which are culturally available and historically specific.”
“People could rationally decide that prolonged relationships take up too much time and effort and that they'd much rather do other kinds of things. But most people are afraid of rejection.”
“As you become more clear about who...”
“And we were Banksy on an overpass in New Orleans spray-painting porch lights on the hurricane. We were welcome mats for the un-forgiven. We never sold our windpipes to make a living. We were the letters sent to the wrong address, but opened anyway. We opened anyway.”
“I believe that writing is an account of the powers of extrication.”
“Throughout my childhood, my parents dropped me off at a multitude of therapists' offices in hopes that I'd avoid growing up to be the kind of ***** who writes books about them. Also because it was sometimes easier than finding a nanny.”

Source : Jenny Mollen (2014). “I Like You Just the Way I Am: Stories About Me and Some Other People”, p.29, St. Martin's Press
“Change does not change tradition, it strengthens it. Change is a challenge and anopportunity, not a threat.”

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