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Maybe from as early as when you're five or six, there's been a whisper going at the back of your head, saying: “One day, maybe not so long from now, you'll get to know how it feels.” So you're waiting, even if you don't quite know it, waiting for the moment when you realise that you really are different to them; that there are people out there, like Madame, who don't hate you or wish you any harm, but who nevertheless shudder at the very thought of you – of how you were brought into this world and why – and who dread the idea of your hand brushing against theirs. The first time you glimpse yourself through the eyes of a person like that, it's a cold moment. It's like walking past a mirror you've walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange. ↗


— Kazuo Ishiguro


#perception #rejection #self-awareness #life

One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. ↗


— Bertrand Russell


#importance #nervous-breakdowns #neurosis #perspective #self-perception

The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole. ↗


— Oscar Wilde


#perspective #perception

When a woman submits to a man, it's the most precious gift she can give. Herself. Unreservedly. The man has to respect and honor that gift above all else. Even if he respects nothing else in the world, he must respect the woman in his care. It's his sworn duty to protect, honor and cherish his submissive. To take care of her and provide a safe haven. Someone who would put his own needs above his woman's is no man. ↗


— Maya Banks


#cole #ren #sweet #respect

Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. ↗


— Virginia Woolf


#dignity #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

Maxim 18: If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries ↗


— Howard Tayler


#military #rules-to-live-by #suspicion #unexpected #military

You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles. ↗


— Arthur Conan Doyle


#investigation #methods #mysteries #sherlock-holmes #trifles

It should be added that, in general, it is the character of every metaphysical and theological argument to seek to explain one absurdity by another. ↗


— Michael Bakunin


#dialectics #theism #anarchism

Oh, that's just great. I come all the way back here, risking major brain cell burnout, and you don't even believe me? I'm basically guaranteeing myself a lifetime of heartbreak, and all you have to say is that you think I'm not right in the head? ↗


— Meg Cabot


#heaven-sent #hector-da-silva #jesse #susannah-simon #suze

Instead of thanking God for my two strong legs that are able to run and jump and climb, I whined about my "thunder thighs" and "thick" ankles. Instead of rejoicing that I have two capable arms that can lift and carry and balance my body, I complained about the flab that hung beneath them. I have been totally and unbelievably ungrateful for everything. Like a completely spoiled brat, I took my healthy body for granted. I criticized it and despised it. With crystal clarity, I know that I do not deserve the good health that God has mysteriously blessed me with. Not only have I been unappreciative of my body and its amazing working parts, I tortured it by overexercising, and I put my entire health at serious risk by starving myself. What on earth was wrong with me? As I watch these kids with their less-than-perfect bodies, I feel so thoroughly ashamed of myself. I mean, how could I have been so stupid and shallow and self-centered? ↗


— Melody Carlson


#melody-carlson #perspective #thankfulness #balance






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