“The need to be taken seriously is an important prerequisite for the healthy development of a child.”
― Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child
― Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child
“Stuffed Peppers Fly-flee milishee 2 cups lamb or beef, chopped fine
1 tablespoon butter
2 medium onions, sliced
1⁄2 cup pine nuts
Salt and pepper to taste
1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
12 green peppers
4 ripe tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried mint
2 cups water”
― The Art of Syrian Cookery
1 tablespoon butter
2 medium onions, sliced
1⁄2 cup pine nuts
Salt and pepper to taste
1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
12 green peppers
4 ripe tomatoes
1 teaspoon dried mint
2 cups water”
― The Art of Syrian Cookery
“black Heckler & Koch HK416 submachine gun”
― Dark State
― Dark State
“Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible [NOTE: It must be borne in mind that by the "Bible" Paine always means the Old Testament alone. -- Editor.] is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon, than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness, that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and, for my own part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel.”
― Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The American Crisis / The Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal
― Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The American Crisis / The Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal
“A mother who is not especially warmhearted can still provide this environment for her child, as long as she allows him to acquire what she lacks from other people.”
― Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child
― Summary of Alice Miller's The drama of The Gifted Child
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