P Quotes
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“Polly felt questing eyes boring into her. She was embarrassed, of course. But not for the obvious reason. It was for the other one, the little lesson that life sometimes rams home with a stick: you are not the only one watching the world. Other people are people; while you watch them they watch you, and they think about you while you think about them. The world isn’t just about you.”
Source: Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31)
“Polly Findlay showed real insight and imagination in her production of my translation of Seneca's Thyestes at the Arcola. I enjoyed her use of the space and the detail of her work with the actors, and I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with Light Shining.”
“Polly había llorado tanto que se sentía deshidratada. El llanto juvenil es una cosa y el llanto adulto otra muy distinta. Las lágrimas de la juventud son limpiadoras, como las siestas o las duchas tonificantes. Una buena llorera hace que el joven que sufre sienta que se ha conseguido algo. Las lágrimas de la edad adulta dejan a la víctima seca y agotada. Dejan los ojos escocidos. Dejan a su paso un dolor bajo las costillas y en la frente.”
Source: Family Happiness
“Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.”
Source: Pie
“Polly had arrived in the world outraged to discover that her sisters had gotten there before her.”
Source: The Husband's Secret
“Polly Jean, I love you. I love the texture of your skin, the taste of your saliva, the softness of your ears. I love every inch and every part of your entire body. From your toes and the beautifully curved arches of your feet, to the exceptional shade and warmth of your dark hair. I need you in my life, I hope you need me too.”
“Polly Partial handed me a piece of paper printed on all sides with confusing times and locations. It looked like a herd of numbers having a square dance. I would rather have reread her book [To Kill a Mockingbird] than Stain'd-by-the-Sea's confusing train schedule, but just barely.”
“Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea.”
“Polly was all too aware that much of her time on holiday would be spent doing the laundry and the cooking and the child-care and all the other chores that back in London would be shared with her cleaning lady. A holiday with Theo and the children represented two weeks of domestic and maternal drudgery.”
Source: A Vicious Circle
“Polly was finding the song more and more interesting because she thought she was beginning to see the connection between the music and the things that were happening. When a line of dark firs sprang up on a ridge about a hundred yards away she felt that they were connected with a series of deep, prolonged notes which the Lion had sung a second before. And when he burst into a rapid series of lighter notes she was not surprised to see primroses suddenly appearing in every direction. Thus, with an unspeakable thrill, she felt quite certain that all the things were coming (as she said) “out of the Lion’s head.” When you listened to his song you heard the things he was making up: when you looked round you, you saw them. This was so exciting that she had no time to be afraid.”
Source: The Magician's Nephew
“Polly was pretty good at dieting, all right, but she was beginning to wonder whether you ever lost the parts of your self that you wanted to lose.”
Source: 3 Willows
“Polly was the same age as Alma, but daintier and startlingly beautiful. She looked like a perfect figurine carved out of fine French soap, into which someone had inlaid a pair of glittering peacock-blue eyes. But it was the tiny pink pillow of her mouth that made this girl more than simply pretty; it made her an unsettling little voluptuary, a Bathsheba wrought in miniature.”
Source: The Signature of All Things
“Polly: Education with socialists, it's like sex, all right as long as you don't have to pay for it.”
Source: Alan Bennett Plays 1: Forty Years On, Getting On, Habeas Corpus and Enjoy
“Polo: drama at its best!”
“Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion.”
“Polo has all the qualities that a nearly middle-aged man would need. Lots of adrenalin, dangerous and, contrary to my expectations, bright and filled with shenanigans and friendships.”
“Polo is like tennis - you literally have to live it.”
“Polo really is a European sport. It's not really that popular in America. I'm not an expert on the sport, but it's fun to watch.”
“Polo, racing and horse shows all are doing great work to help the farmer and rancher to raise better horses.”
Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933
“Polonius: Do you know me, my lord? Hamlet: Excellent well. You are a fishmonger.”
“POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, words.”
“Polska jest miejscem, gdzie kobiety „trzyma się krótko”, gdzie się ich nie szanuje, nie traktuje poważnie i na każdym kroku dyscyplinuje. Prawie każda z nas „schodzi z taśmy”, mając wgranego na twardy dysk wewnętrznego policjanta, klechę, sędziego – przemądrzałego dziadersa, który nieustannie nawija do nas z głębin naszej psychiki, przypominając, co kobiecie wypada i przystoi, a co nie. Czego nie wolno nawet myśleć, jak się zachowywać. I że choćby zdobyła szczyt szczytów, to i tak będzie niewystarczająca. Słowem: zawsze coś jest z nami nie tak”
Source: Moja lewa joga
“Polska rośnie na traumie jak pieczarka na gnoju. To podstawa naszej tożsamości: rodząc się w kraju nad Wisłą, automatycznie wyrażasz zgodę na użycie twego mózgu do odbioru i przesyłania traumy, bez niej Polak nie byłby sobą (...)”
Source: Jak płakać w miejscach publicznych
“Polska rośnie na traumie jak pieczarka na gnoju. To podstawa naszej tożsamości: rodząc się w kraju nad Wisłą, automatycznie wyrażasz zgodę na użycie twego mózgu do odbioru i przesyłania traumy, bez niej Polak nie byłby sobą (...) Większość naszej tradycji na wszelki wypadek opiera się więc na przywoływaniu i odtwarzaniu traum, a największe święto narodowe odbywa się w połowie listopada, w zacinającej mżawce, błocie i desperacji. Czy w takich warunkach można być normalnym?”
Source: Jak płakać w miejscach publicznych
“Polskiego lekarza w niewoli Oświęcimia, polskiego partyzanta w lesie, polskiego chłopa obawiającego się akcji odwetowej nie można sądzić według norm moralności obowiązujących wśród wolnych ludzi żyjących w normalnych czasach, tak samo jak nie można w ten sposób sądzić żydowskich donosicieli, którzy starali się ratować życie, denuncjując swoich towarzyszy, ani żydowskich prostytutek, które pracowały w wartowniach esesmanów. Zarówno Polacy jak i Żydzi byli ofiarami terroru, a ich postępowanie było przez ten terror uwarunkowane.”
Source: God's Playground: A History of Poland, Vol. 2: 1795 to the Present
“Poltinus the Platonist proves by means of the blossoms and leaves that from the Supreme God, whose beauty is invisible and ineffable, Providence reaches down to the things of earth here below. He points out that these frail and mortal objects could not be endowed with a beauty so immaculate and so exquisitely wrought, did they not issue from the Divinity which endlessly prevades with its invisible and unchanging beauty all things.”
“Poltroons, cowards, skulkers and dastards.”
“Polupani auti i obrušene fasade,
Zašto sam još ovde odakle sam?
Sugerišu da je bolje van granica
A ja ne mogu
Ne jer nisam ni pokušao
Nego nigdje više ovako nesretan neću moći
Da budem.”
Source: Sarajevo Shit
“Polvere sei e in polvere ritornerai, diciamo.
Tutto ciò che una volta ha avuto vita riposerà nella terra, diciamo.
Poi qualcuno ha scoperto un sacco di petrolio e il riposo della terra è finito. Abbiamo creato una società costruita sull'idea di dissotterrare i resti fossili della vita per poi, appena possibile, bruciarli nell'atmosfera altamente sensibile del pianeta.”
Source: Scener ur hjärtat
“Poly means more than one, and ticks are bloodsucking parasites.”
Source: What Would Kinky Do?: How to Unscrew a Screwed-Up World
“Polyamorous people are wary of having others' values inflicted upon themselves, and so tend to stay very far away from making such pronouncements, to the point that they will actively ignore predatory behavior that is affecting their own "community.”
Source: Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
“Polyamory is differentiable from some other forms of nonmonogamy (including adultery) in that it is future-oriented. Poly relationships are not located solely in the moment, but have intentions (though perhaps tacit and vaguely defined) of at least adding to a base of experience possibly so far as signifying a life-long and emotionally attached commitment.”
Source: Polyamory: Roadmaps for the Clueless & Hopeful
“Polybius credited the Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus with the invention of mixed government. Naturally, mixed governments themselves would eventually succumb to degeneration. But this process would take centuries rather than decades. This was shown by the examples of Sparta, the Republic of Carthage, and Rome.”
“Polyfragmentation and Engineered DID
Over 20 years ago, I was made aware of a subset of patients with DID who did not develop DID organically but as a deliberate creation through trauma-based mind control. These clients present differently from those with organic DID and have different needs to be met in therapy. From early childhood, they have been subjected to a form of human slavery where their minds have been systematically fractured with traumatic experiences and then rebuilt in such a way that they could be programmed and controlled over the course of their lifespan by handlers. The people with engineered DID challenge even the most sophisticated and experienced trauma clinicians, because part of their programming is to avoid detection and foil treatment with therapists. The groups that 'train' these people consider them expensive assets and will not let them leave or heal easily. They surround the programming and parts with various 'booby traps' that can derail therapy, confuse or distract the therapist, and disable or even kill the client. It is a very specific subspecialty in trauma treatment, one that requires a great deal of education and support to do well.”
Source: Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy
“Polyfragmented Dissociative Identity Disorder
A form of DID that often involves over one hundred DID personality states and is likely to be the result of cult abuse or some other form of extreme sadistic abuse that extends over a long period and often involves multiple perpetrators.”
Source: The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook
“Polygamists have no connection with us whatsoever. They don't belong to the church. There are actually no Mormon fundamentalists.”
“Polygamy and polyandry distribute the frightening physical solidarity of monogamy. Monogamous couples are always hungry for company: to dilute sex.”
“Polygamy causes a lot of strife”
“Polygamy has an ancient history and is legal in many parts of the world. I find the rules of polygamy to be damaging and it's potentially dangerous to young girls and terrible for "excess" boys. But polyamory is supposed to be a more equal arrangement among agreeing adults.”
“Polygamy is a luxury of the cave-people, and monogamy is an existential responsibility of the civilized society.”
Source: Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
“Polygamy is about sex, whereas monogamy is about love.”
Source: Wise Mating: A Treatise on Monogamy
“Polygamy is so beautiful for men. But a woman marrying two husbands that could end up as a BREAKING NEWS.”
“Polygamy simply says, “You are not enough.”
Source: 11.11.11 After so Many Years of Tears: Letters to My Distant Soul-Mate
“Polygamy was not a problem in the '80s. I do not remember one single woman in Baghdad who was the second or third wife. Now it's a very common story. Sometimes two wives living with a man in a 5 by 10 foot room. It's a very miserable economic situation.”
“Polygamy will be in Ukraine’s future, due to the massive loss of men through war.”
“Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it”
“Polyglots have more fun.”
Source: Vande Vasudhaivam: 100 Sonnets for Our Planetary Pueblo
“Polygons are fashionable at the moment - particularly in the arcades.”
“Polygraph tests are 20th-century witchcraft.”
“Polymaths don't cut themselves out they connect through. Disciplines are tools. Curiosity is fuel. Life becomes a focus-integrated masterpiece when you connect the dots.”