Cruelty, whether physical or emotional, isn't normal. It may signal what psychologists call the dark triad of psychopathic, narcissistic and Machiavellian personality disorders. One out of about every 25 individuals has an antisocial personality disorder. Their prognosis for recovery is zero, their potential for hurting you about 100 percent. So don't assume that a vicious person just had a difficult childhood or a terrible day; most people with awful childhoods end up being empathetic, and most people, even on their worst days, don't seek satisfaction by inflicting pain. When you witness evil, if only the tawdry evil of a conversational stiletto twist, use your ninjutsu, wait for a distraction, then disappear. Martha N. Beck
I think that when you remember, remember, remember everything like that, you could go on until you remember what was there before you were in the world.
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Leo Tolstoy
Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us to our past and carry us to our future. They are what we cherish and what we remember.
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Grace Lin
Say something Becks. Say anything"" You, " I said. "I remember you." I kept my eyes shut, and felt his hands drop. He didn't move back." What do you remember about me?" There was strong emotion behind his voice. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>Something he fought to...
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Brodi Ashton
I want to remember
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Maggie Stiefvater
Whatever you say or do, remember there's always someone watching you.
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Gift Gugu Mona
More Quotes By Martha N. Beck
...they needed someone to explain, to spin, the parts of the tale that couldn't be suppressed. Someone reputable and educated. Someone brilliant yet absolutely committed to the faith. Someone like my father.
You are consciousness dressed in form, my love. Consciousness is divine. Matter is divine. Creation is divine. Everything is divine. Are you somehow the only exception?
Have you ever felt your destiny unfolding, beloved? Have you experienced the intensity of the hunt, the fixation of attention that only fate can explain? Have you ever told yourself your feelings wereexcessive, but known that something huge and pivotally important was carrying you along...
Diana frowns. “You’re taking me home, right? You just said you would.” “Hoink hoink! Of course, piglet. But I meant your real home.” “Which, last I checked, ” says Diana acidly, “is in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, solar system, planet Earth.” “Hmm,...
Just like any civilized person, you’ve spent practically your whole life torturing an innocent wild creature. Starved it, then force-fed it, cut it, cursed it, driven it to exhaustion. Imprisoned it with other creatures who tormented it.”“ What?” Diana shakes her head in miserable confusion....
