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“Marriage is when women finally get what they want, and men wave the white flag, unaware of the firing squad which awaits.”

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“But the old Italian commedia that I loved—Pantaloon, Harlequin, Scaramouche, and the rest—lived on as they always had, with tightrope walkers, acrobats, jugglers, and puppeteers, in the platform spectacles at the St.-Germain and the St.-Laurent fairs.”

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Book:The vampire Lestat

Source: The vampire Lestat

“Ifemelu saw women on the sidewalks going to lunh from work, wearing sneakers, proof of their American preference for comfort over elegance, and she saw young couples clutching each other, kissing from time to time as if they feared that, if they unclasped their hands, their love would dissolve, melt into nothingness.”

Author:Chimanda Ngozi Adichie

“You need a husband and some babies to look after. Otherwise you're going to grow up into a virago...”

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Book:Spitfire

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“All bad behavior is really a request for love, attention, or validation.”

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Book:Choosing Clarity: The Path to Fearlessness

Source: Choosing Clarity: The Path to Fearlessness

“I'm really not quite as frippery a fellow as you seem to think! I own that in my grasstime I committed a great many follies and extravagances, but, believe me, I've long since out-grown them! I don't think they were any worse than what nine out of ten youngsters commit, but unfortunately I achieved, through certain circumstances, a notoriety which most young men escape. I was born with a natural aptitude for the sporting pursuits you regard with so much distrust, and I inherited, at far too early an age, a fortune which not only enabled me to indulge my tastes in the most expensive manner imaginable, but which made me an object of such interest that everything I did was noted, and talked of. That's heady stuff for greenhorns, you know! There was a time when I gave the gossips plenty to talk about. But do give me credit for having seen the error of my ways!”

Gossip Bad Behavior

Book:The Nonesuch

Source: The Nonesuch

“It must be comforting, to have a faith like that. To believe so concretely that there’s someone—something— out there watching guard, keeping us safe, testing us only with what we can handle.”

Book:Saving June

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“The more I disliked myself the more wretched I grew. The difference now was that this mood did not manifest itself in sullen silence; I merely made use of my barbed tongue to wound them and spoil their pleasure.”

Mean Projection Bad Behavior Self Hate Bad Behaviour Self Distancing

Book:Menfreya in the Morning

Source: Menfreya in the Morning

“We feel safer when we can label someone and figure them out, but it’s hardly foolproof. ‘Good people’ are capable of bad behavior. ‘Bad people’ are capable of good behavior.”

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Book:Happiness is Overrated - Live the Inspired Life Instead

Source: Happiness is Overrated - Live the Inspired Life Instead

“We live in a society where mutual respect and appreciation should be considered one of the pillars of modern life.”

Behavior Bad Behavior

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“But the statue attracted a middle-aged, brown-haired, overweight White guy. Clearly drunk, he climbed onto the tiny stage and started fondling Buddha before his laughing audience of drunk friends at a nearby table. I had learned a long time ago to tune out the antics of drunk White people doing things that could get a Black person arrested. Harmless White fun is Black lawlessness.”

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Book:How to Be an Antiracist

Source: How to Be an Antiracist