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the hurts done to us as children cast shadows as long as our lives.
“Most of what I do with my days is repair things that are gonna break again soon. I just fix them and then when they break I fix them again. It’s like pushing shit up a hill.” “So why do you do it?” “Because someone has to, or everything just stays broken.”
― Wild Dark Shore
― Wild Dark Shore
“Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.”
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“Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true typically turn out to be those accustomed to being controlled— those who are not trusted, given explanations, encouraged to think for themselves, helped to develop and internalize good values, and so on. Control breeds the need for more control, which is used to justify the use of control.”
― Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes
― Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
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“Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.”
― The Ladies of the Corridor
― The Ladies of the Corridor
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