When man is born, the human race as well as the individual, he is thrown out of a situation which was definite, as definite as the instincts, into a situation which is indefinite, uncertain and open. There is certainty only about the
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“he looked at her as a man might look at a faded flower he had plucked, in which it was difficult for him to trace the beauty that had made him pluck and so destroy it”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina

“Spend your life chasing justice and only one thing is certain: You will have spent your life.”
― The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions
― The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions

“Often father and daughter look down on mother (woman) together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”
― Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence
― Radical Feminist Therapy: Working in the Context of Violence

“Perhaps you are no rock climber, but faced with a big enough rock, you will have to become one.”
― The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions
― The Talk: A Young Person's Guide to Life's Big Questions

“I wonder how often it’s less about getting out of where we’re at, and more about giving ourselves the illusion that we’re trying to get out of where we’re at. And in the scandalous action of trading the fear of what ‘could be’ for the pain of ‘what is,’ we have traded away the whole of our lives.”
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