“Like so many empires before it, the Soviet Union eventually imploded and fragmented, falling victim not so much to a direct military defeat as to disintegration accelerated by economic and social strains.” FallSocialEconomicMilitaryDirectVictimUnionsDefeatEmpiresSovietSoviet UnionStrainFragmentedDisintegration Book:The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives Source: The Grand Chessboard: American Primacy And Its Geostrategic Imperatives
“Parents offer an open womb. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can kiss it, and make it well whentheir grown children need to regress and repair. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can catch you when you start to fall. When you are in disgrace, defeat, and despair, home may be the safest place to hide.” NeedsWellsMayChildrenSometimesHomeMotherFallFatherParentOffersKissingDespairDefeatWombDisgraceGrown Children Author:Frank Pittman
“There has to be a womp on the side of the head that defeats and undercuts this game of performance. It has to fall apart. Now unfortunately, that very often does not happen until what I call the second half of life, when there's been enough death in the family and you start experiencing your own physical deterioration.” DoeEnoughHappensFallGamesSidesHalfPerformancesDefeatFalling ApartDeterioration Author:Richard Rohr