“I began to question the world and other people from a young age. I suppose that gave me a sense of emotional distance, a lack of trust in future friendships and relationships; I would assume a friendly and open manner, a cloak of safety. The price you pay is a fear of commitment and all the loneliness that entails. I was quietly angry, always have been. I still feel it, but I’m working on it. If you’re anything like me you have to recognise this well of poison that we carry, isolate the reason why we’re always ready to spring up like a cobra and bite at any time, any place, anyone. Unless you deal with it you will always repeat the same disastrous mistakes. You’ve got to confront your demons.” Self HelpTrustSelf ImprovementTrust QuotesTrust IssuesInner DemonsFear Of Commitment Book:Tenement Kid Source: Tenement Kid
“Through my diseased eyes I'm sinful, sly, I can't stop stealing I will pay the price of being a thief when I stop breathing” BeautifulAbstractPoeticLyrics Author:Bobby Gillespie
“I kind of became a feminist from an early age, even though I wasn’t aware of the feminist movement in any way. I admired my mum a lot. In her own quiet way she was a fighter.” MotherFeminismFeministAdmirable Qualities Book:Tenement Kid Source: Tenement Kid
“Those painful childhood memories we bury, that some of us try and drown out with sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling, all the usual crutches and distractions. These childhood experiences are going to be really painful to engage with, no one wants anyone else to be exposed to their deepest, darkest, most shameful secrets, but unless these issues are talked about they can never be defeated, and you will never be at peace with yourself or anyone else. You have one day got to face that shit head-on and defeat it. Believe me.” SexMotivational QuotesHealingTraumaAlcoholGamblingDrugsChildhood TraumaPainful Memories Book:Tenement Kid Source: Tenement Kid
“When I was a teenager I started to think about how dedicated Dad was to the struggle for working-class rights. He had devoted his life to the Labour cause fighting inequality and that’s fucking great. I was proud of him. But what about women? He was out fighting the cause, and my mother was at home running the house. Where do women stand in the revolution? I’d seen Paine’s Rights of Man on his bookshelf. I wondered to myself, what about the rights of women?” FeminismLaborActivismInequalityLabourWomen EmpowermentWorking ClassWomen S Rights Book:Tenement Kid Source: Tenement Kid
“Sister Rosa, Malcolm X and Dr. King Showed us we got power, showed what changes we could bring To change society you have gotta change the law Their bodies may be gone but their spirits still live on” RacismActivismLyricsAnti RacismAntiracism Author:Bobby Gillespie