“Infants never learn to soothe themselves to sleep. They learn, abandoned in seclusion, that no matter the volume of their despondence, no matter the force of their tears, when they are alone and frightened, no-one will ever come to their rescue. Infants do not soothe themselves. They merely surrender. And it is caged in their cribs where the infants learn, in the face of their demons, to remain silent and submitting.”
― Alex and The Gruff
― Alex and The Gruff
“Self-help and those stupid proverbs, they do nothing. Soul food? It’s like trying to cure starvation with a sugar cube. It might taste sweet on the lips but once it dissolves, the emptiness is still there.”
― Dark Side of the Moon
― Dark Side of the Moon
“What's the point in being smart enough to read, if everything you read makes you dumb?"
- Fatts - Coffee and Sugar”
― Coffee and Sugar
- Fatts - Coffee and Sugar”
― Coffee and Sugar
“Respect is earned by effort not age, all things age without effort.”
― A Rising Fall
― A Rising Fall
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