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“Most people experience feelings of inadequacy at some time; these feelings are then exaggerated and exploited. The assault on the self goes beyond guilt for sin. If that were the case, most people could reasonably be forgiven by virtue of their own remorse and willingness to make amends. Few of us deserve to be crucified. The key is that you are considered fundamentally wrong and inept, beginning with the doctrine of original sin. Everything about you is flawed, and you desperately need to be salvaged by God.”
― Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion
― Leaving the Fold: A Guide for Former Fundamentalists and Others Leaving Their Religion
“La pasé sentado junto a la tumba de Rosa, hablando con ella, acompañándola en la primera parte de su viaje al Más Allá, cuando es más difícil desprenderse de la tierra y se necesita el amor de los que quedan vivos, para irse al menos con el consuelo de haber sembrado algo en el corazón ajeno.”
― La casa de los espíritus
― La casa de los espíritus
“It wasn’t you, you know,’ Michael said in the end. ‘That wasn’t the reason. You were just a device in the machine of our breaking, and we needed to break. It’s not so bad, when it finally happens. You think the world is going to collapse around you but it doesn’t. You can see yourself clearly again. You realise that the fear was the worst thing.”
― Ordinary People
― Ordinary People
“He talked of the old college days when he and Gaston had been a good deal to
each other; of the days of keen and blind ambitions and large intentions. Now there was
left with him, at least, a philosophic acquiescence to the existing order--only a desire to be
permitted to exist, with now and then a
little whiff of genuine life, such as he was
breathing now.”
― A Respectable Woman
each other; of the days of keen and blind ambitions and large intentions. Now there was
left with him, at least, a philosophic acquiescence to the existing order--only a desire to be
permitted to exist, with now and then a
little whiff of genuine life, such as he was
breathing now.”
― A Respectable Woman
“MADDY’S TRUTHS Make room for who you are by knowing who you’re not. Smile all the time, at everyone, without exception: when you’re happy it will be contagious, and when you’re angry it will drive the person you’re mad at bonkers. Blow-dry before lipstick. Counters before sweeping. Water before dinner. To hell with what everyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it. Don’t stay out past one a.m.—nobody is proud of the stories born later than that. Plans contingent on perfection fail. It’s dangerous to fight who you are. The stupidest thing you can do is believe your own bullshit, but you probably will every once in a while. Flowery perfume smells like a cover-up. Don’t have a room your kids can’t play in or a couch your kids can’t sit on; it’s their house too. If you don’t know what to say, say, “I don’t know what to say.” If you mess up, say, “I messed up.” If you need help, say, “I need help.” Never count on any one thing. Don’t confuse wanting to have sex and rent movies with someone for wanting to marry him. Never buy button-fly jeans—they aren’t flattering on anyone ever.”
― I Liked My Life
― I Liked My Life
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