“Adolescents' immature thinking makes it difficult for them to process the divorce. They tend to see things in black-and-white terms and have trouble putting events into perspective. They are absolute in their judgments and expect perfection in parents. They are likely to be self-conscious about their parent's failures and critical of their every move. They have the expectations that parents will keep them safe and happy and are shocked by the broken covenant. Adolescents are unforgiving.” ThinkingSelfMovingProcessParentDifficultBlackTermWhiteTroubleEventsBrokenPerspectiveSafeJudgmentExpectationsConsciousPerfectionAbsolutesDivorceCriticalBlack And WhiteShockedSelf ConsciousCovenantImmatureUnforgiving Book:Reviving Ophelia Source: Reviving Ophelia
“The other thing that's useful for me is this notion of the absolute versus the relative:if we walk out and it's a beautiful morning, it's only a beautiful morning because we don't have a broken leg or hemorrhoids or something.” IfsBeautifulWalksMorningBrokenAbsolutesNotionLegsRelativeVersusBeautiful MorningBroken LegHemorrhoids Author:George Saunders
“Everything comes out in blues music: joy, pain, struggle. Blues is affirmation with absolute elegance. It's about a man and a woman. So the pain and the struggle in the blues is that universal pain that comes from having your heart broken. Most blues songs are not about social statements.” MenHeartPainJoySongSocialStruggleBrokenUniversalAbsolutesStatementsAffirmationEleganceBlues Music Author:Wynton Marsalis
“In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.” BrokenAbsolutesAimSeekingBroken HeartPortionsAbsolute TruthUnattainableBroken Promises Book:Aequanimitas Source: Aequanimitas
“I maintain the importance of an absolute prohibition against torture, while acknowledging that even absolute prohibitions can sometimes be broken. If that is a contradiction, it is a contradiction that ethics has to embrace, or else it becomes like glass: hard, clear, but fatally inflexible.” IfsSometimesHardClearBrokenEthicsImportanceAbsolutesEmbraceGlassesTortureContradictionProhibition Author:Julian Baggini
“So many times we come to Jesus in worship and ask Him for things that He already IS and has already done... What a concept to come into worship knowing who we are approaching...the absolute fullness of God, pleased to dwell in this Jesus whom we worship. He's already broken the chains...already seated us with Him...already invited us 'into the glorious'.” DoneAsksJesusKnowingBrokenWorshipConceptsAbsolutesChainsGloriousWho We AreInvitedFullness Author:Christy Nockels
“Should one break in and free the animals? That is illegal, but the obligation to obey the law is not absolute. It was justifiably broken by those who helped runaway slaves in the American South, to mention only one possible parallel.” ShouldLawAnimalBreakBrokenAbsolutesSlaveSouthObligationLiberationIllegalParallelsAnimal LiberationRunaway Author:Peter Singer