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"Part One finished. I'm enjoying the visceral writing style of the author." — Dec 12, 2015 01:07PM
"Part One finished. I'm enjoying the visceral writing style of the author." — Dec 12, 2015 01:07PM
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"Reading this with Gregorian chant going in the background is a very satisfying experience." — Sep 20, 2015 01:37AM
"Reading this with Gregorian chant going in the background is a very satisfying experience." — Sep 20, 2015 01:37AM
“The more invested I am in my own ideas about reality, the more those experiences will feel like victimizations rather than the ups and downs of relating. Actually, I believe that the less I conceptualize things that way, the more likely it is that people will want to stay by me, because they will not feel burdened, consciously or unconsciously, by my projections, judgments, entitlements, or unrealistic expectations.”
― Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy
― Daring to Trust: Opening Ourselves to Real Love and Intimacy
“Night is a time of rigor, but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark”
― Teibele and her demon
― Teibele and her demon
“Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth
“If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.”
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There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.”
―
“A consequence of female self-love is that the woman grows convinced of social worth. Her love for her body will be unqualified, which is the basis of female identification. If a woman loves her own body, she doesn't grudge what other women do with theirs; if she loves femaleness, she champions its rights. It's true what they say about women: Women are insatiable. We are greedy. Our appetites do need to be controlled if things are to stay in place. If the world were ours too, if we believed we could get away with it, we would ask for more love, more sex, more money, more commitment to children, more food, more care. These sexual, emotional, and physical demands would begin to extend to social demands: payment for care of the elderly, parental leave, childcare, etc. The force of female desire would be so great that society would truly have to reckon with what women want, in bed and in the world.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth
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