#abandonment

Since the earliest period of our life was preverbal, everything depended on emotional interaction. Without someone to reflect our emotions, we had no way of knowing who we were. ↗

— John Bradshaw

#child-development #life

And then she felt her Ell’s great strong presence beside her, and Saturday slipped his hand in hers. Oh. Oh. They would not abandon her. Of course, they would not. How silly she had been. They were her friends—they had always been. Friends can go odd on you and do things you don’t like, but that doesn’t make them strangers. ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#friendship #friendship

Either way, one should love their children, shouldn’t they? After all, children are only duplicates of your own genes. What did these children ever ask for? They wanted love, family, and support. But WE kicked them out onto streets like animals just because WE, as adults, were scared of a situation WE weren’t used to. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#children #fear #love-for-children #family

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#heart #inconvenience #matter #own #physical

Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope. ↗

— David Limbaugh

#america #between #brighter #commitment #contrast

I always think of the word 'abandonment' when I think of the character. ↗

— Tilda Swinton

#always #character #i #i always #i think

[A]s though mindful of the wife of Lot, who looked back from behind him, thou deliveredst me first to the sacred garments and monastic profession before thou gavest thyself to God. And for that in this one thing thou shouldst have had little trust in me I vehemently grieved and was ashamed. For I (God [knows]) would without hesitation precede or follow thee to the Vulcanian fires according to thy word. For not with me was my heart, but with thee. But now, more than ever, if it be not with thee, it is nowhere. For without thee it cannot anywhere exist. ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#celibacy #convent #dignity #following #grief

She'd abandoned the animal she loved as she herself had been abandoned repeatedly in the past by people who had claimed to love her. ↗

— Flora Rheta Schreiber

#animals #love #love

A true diamond never over shadows... it's the brilliance of the subtle shine that's the most attractive. ↗

— Dena Tyson

#family #inspirational #love #family

You don’t know what it means to be betrayed! Should I explain it to you? It means to be treated like trash and your feelings get stepped on… you get hurt over and over again and in the end you are left alone! Can’t you see how much I care for you? How hard I’m trying to connect with you? When did I ever betray you? When did I ever leave you alone? ↗

— Yuuki Obata

#alone #betrayal #loneliness #relationships #solitude