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“We used to be a nation that celebrated people who got things done. Now we celebrate people who stop things getting done.”

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“There was no real animosity in his voice or his mind. It was the simple desire to obstruct found in everyone, and often expressed where there is no fear of retaliation.”

Book:They'd Rather Be Right

Source: They'd Rather Be Right

“I was aware that he was laughing at me, but I told myself I didn't care what other people thought and would dress how I liked. Of course, like many self-consciously wacky people, I was in fact paralyzed by fear of the opinions of others and made the effort to appear as the maddest of the mad headbangers just in case anyone had the slightest lingering doubt as to the depth of my devotion. In fact, I think my disguise felt so fragile I couldn't allow it a single crack. If I did it might fall to bits and leave the real me shrivelling under the evaluating gaze of my peer group.”

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Book:The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons And Growing Up Strange

Source: The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons And Growing Up Strange

“She remembers yelling, so much yelling, so much saying 'no no no, Tom, NO!' But if you tell someone "no" enough times, they start thinking "yes", just to hear something else, just to hear a different word, they start thinking YES.”

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Book:Malorie

Source: Malorie

“Upstairs, on the balcony, the chairs are laid out for one of the most extraordinary – though invisible – rituals of a Palace banquet. In a tradition harking back to the medieval custom of royal meals as public entertainment, two dozen people will have tickets to sit behind the Band of the Grenadier Guards and simply watch the banquet. The ‘audience’ will be made up of members of staff, each of whom can bring a guest, and it’s always extremely popular as the ‘audience’ have dinner thrown in. However, once seated no one is allowed to budge for the best part of two hours.”

Buckingham Palace

Book:Her Majesty: The Court of Queen Elizabeth II

Source: Her Majesty: The Court of Queen Elizabeth II

“Celebrating Valentine's Day is like falling in love with London all over again.”

England Falling In Love British London Anthony T Hincks Valentine S Day Buckingham Palace Big Ben Thames River

Author:Anthony T. Hincks

“Time moves with or without you. It’s up to you how you use it. It’s up to you how you let people affect how you use it.”

Thinking Love Past Moving Time Thoughts Moving On Timing Moving Past

Author:Dominic Riccitello

“you are my flame in the dark.”

Book:Bloodlines, Vols. 1-5

Source: Bloodlines, Vols. 1-5

“Continuing bonds are not an alternative to grief-work, but more a result of it.”

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Book:Grieving - the Sacred Art: Hope in the Land of Loss

Source: Grieving - the Sacred Art: Hope in the Land of Loss

“We might feel that we must demonstrate explicitly when we’re upset, or not upset. This perceived need may stem from our family of origin, from how we learned to be heard when a simple “no” wasn’t enough. We may have learned to mask certain feelings, or portray feelings that weren’t ours. But as adults we each need to learn to state our personal truth without having to prove it or shout it.”

Feelings Mask Demonstration Facade Personal Truth Family Of Origin

Book:Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

Source: Mirror of Intimacy: Daily Reflections on Emotional and Erotic Intelligence

“Once I said to my father, 'Why do you want me?' I still think that's the bravest thing I've ever done.”

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Book:This Census-Taker

Source: This Census-Taker