“Now that Olive was grown, I didn't know what to do with myself. You could build your life around one single thing, like a view or a child, but that was risky. You had so much to lose.”
Source: She Flew the Coop
“I experience every day the truth of what you once told me, that there are certain thoughts which are not to be dwelt upon, but passed over as lightly as possible, unless we would be forever in tears: that is my case: for there is not a place in the house which does not give a stab to my heart when I see it: but your room especially deals a deadly blow from every part of it.”
Source: The Letters of Madame De Sevigne to Her Daughter and Friends
“My little boy was no more and even though he'd come home for vacations, our relationship would never be quite the same. Just as he would have to learn to be an adult in the world, so would I have to learn to live without him.”
Source: The Metcalfe Family Album: The Unforgettable Saga of an American Family
“The empty nest can be one of the toughest parts of parenting. It’s a holy, hard giving-back, a sacred release of our children into God’s care and their next chapter. But you, too, have a new chapter, and you can find peace as you transition from mom to empty nest mom and rediscover that mom is not your only name.
There is a second act, a future with your name on it, different from your children’s but filled with hope and surprises you cannot begin to imagine…if you plan for it, believe in it, and, with the Lord’s help, walk fearlessly into it.
You are cordially invited to the After Party…because Mom is not your only name.”
Source: The After Party of the Empty Nest: Mom is Not Your Only Name
“Pra cada porta que abre, duas se fecham, já dizia meu pai.”
Source: Debutante - A Peça
“El lawfare no es solo una batalla legal; es el arte de transformar el sistema judicial en un campo de batalla donde la verdad se convierte en estrategia y la justicia en táctica.”
Source: El Arte del Lawfare: Estrategias de Poder y Defensa
“En el arte del lawfare, quien controla la narrativa controla el veredicto. La guerra moderna no se libra solo con armas, sino con argumentos.”
Source: El Arte del Lawfare: Estrategias de Poder y Defensa
“Los líderes políticos que ignoran el lawfare están destinados a convertirse en sus víctimas. La historia está llena de ejemplos de poder destruido no por la espada, sino por la ley mal utilizada.”
Source: El Arte del Lawfare: Estrategias de Poder y Defensa
“I had to pay a ransom of six hundred pounds in gold. All might have gone well even yet, only that, by ins and outs and crookedness of laws, I was shorn like a sheep that is clipped to the quick.”
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
“In our life, you didn’t have a crime, and then they go investigate it, they were investigating you, to see what crime you might commit.”
Source: Mafia Democracy: How Our Republic Became a Mob Racket