“Letting go does not mean pushing away or negating thoughts or feelings that come to us - but instead being with the feeling. We start to feel that we are no longer victims of the stuff that happens to us. There is something we can do about it... if we just take a look at it.” IfsFeelsLooksMeanDoeFeelingsHappensStuffCan DoLetting GoVictimPushingPushing Away Author:Krishna Das
“As victims of hurt, we frequently don't bring up what ails us, because so many wounds look absurd in the light of day.” LooksLightHurtVictimWoundsAbsurd Book:Religion for Atheists: A non-believer's guide to the uses of religion Source: Religion for Atheists: A non-believer's guide to the uses of religion
“Once [a soul] is condemned by God, then God's friends agree in God's judgment and condemnation. For all eternity they will not have a kind thought for this wretch. Rather they will be satisfied to see him in the flames as a victim of God's justice. ("The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge . . ." Psalm 57:11) They will abhor him. A mother will look from paradise upon her own condemned son without being moved, as though she had never known him.” LooksKindSoulMotherJusticeKnownHellSonJudgmentEternityAgreeVictimMovedRevengeMythologySatisfiedFlamesParadiseRejoiceCondemnationPsalmsClaretKind Thoughts Author:Anthony Mary Claret
“Antidepressants are the biggest fraud in the world. Number one, Prozac gives you a royal soft-on like you wouldn't believe, and number two you never know all the side effects. I look at the pharmaceutical companies as the drug barons, the psychopharmcologists as the mules and the patients as the victims. They're innocent because they think they're being cured.” ThinkingKnowsWorldGivingBelieveLooksTwoSidesNumbersCompanyEffectsLike YouDrugVictimMedicinePatientInnocentFraudRoyalSide EffectsPharmaceuticalMulesProzacAntidepressantsPharmaceutical Companies Author:Robert Evans
“I’m really not interested in women as victims. Look at me, I get the last laugh ‘cause I get to be funny about it.” LooksLastsCausesLaughingVictimNot InterestedLook At Me Author:Nora Ephron