#den

Trust is like a two-way mirror, transparent on one side, with a blind dimness unable to see through on the other side. ↗

— Anthony Liccione

#blind #confidence #conviction #dependence #dimness

My mother used to tell me that when push comes to shove, you always know who to turn to. That being a family isn't a social construct but an instinct. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#family #love #faith

Identity confusion is defined by the SCID-D as a subjective deeling of uncertainty, puzzlement, or conflict about one's own identity. Patients who report histories of childhood trauma characteristically describe themese of ongoing inner struggle regarding their identity; of inner battles for survival; or other images of anger, conflict, and violence. ↗

— Marlene Steinberg

#dissociative #dissociative-identity-disorder #dsm #mental-health #multiple-personality-disorder

The world lost something when you died, Tod, and I know that wasn't easy for your family. But the world's loss was Kaylee's gain. I hope the two of you have the forever her mother and I never got." "I will do my damnedest to make sure of that." "I know you will. ↗

— Rachel Vincent

#family

I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders and the president to try and come up with something that we can all be proud of. ↗

— John Breaux

#come #daschle #going #i #i am

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o’clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began to cry, simultaneously. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#birth #clocks #coincidence #famous-beginnings #heroes

For some reason, I believed that I had above all else an obligation to protect everyone-- my teachers, my family-- from the knowledge of my cutting. What they did not know would not cause them pain. ↗

— Caroline Kettlewell

#hidden #family

We get a lot of calls where the person is murdered at home, but is not found for a period of time. And so the animals have already started to take the body apart because they haven't been fed in that period. So your evidence is being chewed up by the family pet. I tell you - Dogs are more loyal than cats. Cats will wait only a certain period of time and they'll start chewing on you. Dogs will wait a day or two before they just can't take the starving anymore. So, keep that in mind when choosing a pet. You know how a cat just stares at you, maybe at the top of the TV, from across the room? That's because they're watching to see if you're gonna stop breathing. ↗

— Connie Fletcher

#crime-scene-investigation #dogs #evidence #humor #pets

Take a photograph, It'll be the last. Not a dollar or a crowd could ever keep me here. I don't have a past, I just have a chance. Not a family or lonely plea remains to say. (chorus) Rain rain go away, Come again another day. All the world is waiting for the sun. Is it you I want, Or just the notion of your heart to wrap around So I can find my way around. Safe to say from here, You're getting closer now. We are never sad 'cause we are not allowed to be. (chorus) x2 (x2) To lie here under you, Is all I could ever do. To lie here under you... Rain rain go away, Come again another day. All the world is waiting for the sun. Rain rain go away, Come again another day, All the world is waiting for the sun. All the world is wairing for the sun. All the world is waiting for the sun. ↗

— Rain- Breaking Benjamin

#family

She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little girl she had said - to the consternation of her family - What kind of idiot was Eve, to believe a snake? But now she understood, for she had heard the voice of the snake and had watched as a wise and powerful man had fallen under its spell. Eat the fruit and you can have the desires of your heart. It's not evil, it's noble and good. You'll be praised for it. And it's delicious. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#forbidden-fruit #garden-of-eden #sin #family