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| b2b677c | I have learned something that many women these days never learn: Prince Charming really is a toad. And the beautiful Princess has halitosis. The bottom line is that a) people are never perfect, but love can be, b) that is the one and only way that they mediocre and the vile can be transformed, and c) doing that makes it that. Loving makes love. Loving makes itself. We waste time looking for the perfect lover instead of creating the perfect .. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 6d03207 | Mystery is the face everybody shared before they were born and the joke they'll finally get after they're dead. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 66784b8 | There's nothing like the word dangerous to generate interest: it's irresistible to young males, scary to most young females. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 01488a2 | not only is religion divisive and oppressive, it is also a denial of all that is divine in people; it is a suffocation of the soul. | Tom Robbins | ||
| e343b42 | As a grandiose self-deception, war is o' the same magnitude as religion. We embrace war or religion - usually both at the same time - as a means o' defeatin' death, but neither o' them do a blinkin' thing but sanction dyin'. Throughout history, Death's best friend has been a priest with a knife. | religion war | Tom Robbins | |
| 875d123 | Once, in a spasm of sappiness, you asked Q-Jo if she thought your dreams would ever come true. 'You aren't talking about dreams,' she corrected you, 'you're referring to your pathetic bourgeoisie ambitions. Dreams don't come true. Dreams are true. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 968e0c4 | They warn us when we're kids that we're going to have to suffer, but they neglect to mention the indignity. What self-respecting fetus, if shown its future as a proctology patient, boot-camp recruit, or game show contestant, would still elect to be born? | Tom Robbins | ||
| 9578082 | So, even for those of us who can't personally witness Salome's dance, the fifth veil surely will fall. It will fall at the moment of our death. As we lie there, helpless, beyond distraction, electricity stealing out of our brains like a con man stealing out of a sucker's neighborhood, it will occur to many of us that everything we ever did, we did for money. And at that instant, right before the stars blink off, we will, according to what e.. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 5e19e2c | Our individuality is all, all, that we have. There are those who barter it for security, those who repress it for what they believe is the betterment of the whole society, but blessed in the twinkle of the morning star is the one who nurtures it and rides it, in grace and love and wit, from peculiar station to peculiar station along life's bittersweet route. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 05bf043 | What was that sound? That rustling noise? It could be heard in the icy North, where there was not one leaf left upon one tree, it could be heard in the South, where the crinoline skirts lay deep in the mothballs, as still and quiet as wool. It could be heard from sea to shining sea, o'er purple mountains' majesty and upon the fruited plain. What was it? Why, it was the rustle of thousands of bags of potato chips being pulled from supermarke.. | Tom Robbins | ||
| b26dddf | The most important thing is love," said Leigh-Cheri. "I know that now. There's no point in saving the world if it means losing the moon." | Tom Robbins | ||
| 5e2c8b6 | Your petal from the salty rose | Tom Robbins | ||
| 4b92731 | Unless it was about to cause you bodily harm, rot your rhubarb on the stalk, or carry off your children, weather ought either to be celebrated or ignored. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 0ca527c | It seems like with you everything leads back to the subject of death." "Sure and show me the person's road that does not lead to death. we try to divert our attention, to pretend 'tisn't so, but the very air we breathe is vulture's breath. Please don't be insinuatin' your man is morbid. I dwell on death in order to defeat it." | Tom Robbins | ||
| 4519858 | Tunnel vision is caused by an optic fungus that multiplies when the brain is less energetic than the ego. It is complicated by exposure to politics. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 2874319 | We seem to face an enemy who, no matter how many times we win, will best us in the end. He has so many allies: time, disease, boredom, stupidity, religious quackery, and bad habits. | Tom Robbins | ||
| e78eebd | They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will. | leadership politics | Tom Robbins | |
| a793d92 | Morels are ugly in the skillet. The caps look like the scrotums of leprechauns, the stems like the tusks of fetal elephants. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 485cf2f | Kudra was amused by Alobar's tentative polka until her eyes fell upon the tumescent protrusion dancing with him. Disgusting she thought. An erection is just inappropriate. Then she realized with a shock that she was so wet that children could have sailed toy boats in her underpants. | Tom Robbins | ||
| 65e2ddb | Joy is probably the most vulnerable emotion we experience in our lives. | vulnerability | Brené Brown | |
| c2f39d5 | Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning, and purpose to our lives. | Brené Brown | ||
| 4512aff | And if we all have shame, the good news is that we're all capable of developing shame resilience. Shame resilience is the ability to recognize shame, to move through it constructively while maintaining worthiness and authenticity, and to ultimately develop more courage, compassion, and connection as a result of our experience. | Brené Brown | ||
| b8754bd | we also need to consider letting go of the myth of self-sufficiency. One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on "going it alone." Somehow we've come to equate success with not needing anyone." | Brené Brown | ||
| fb5e070 | I believe that what we regret most are our failures of courage, whether it's the courage to be kinder, to show up, to say how we feel, to set boundaries, to be good to ourselves. For that reason, regret can be the birthplace of empathy. | Brené Brown | ||
| 62abdd7 | To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; .. | Brené Brown | ||
| d7f2dec | Perfectionism is not self-improvement. Perfectionism is, at its core, about trying to earn approval and acceptance. Most perfectionists were raised being praised for achievement and performance (grades, manners, rule-following, people-pleasing, appearance, sports). Somewhere along the way, we adopt this dangerous and debilitating belief system: I am what I accomplish and how well I accomplish it. | Brené Brown | ||
| 4f04c5a | Trying to escape media influences in today's culture is as feasible as trying to protect ourselves from air pollution by not breathing. | Brené Brown | ||
| 6e14af1 | I'm not perfect and I'm not always right, but I'm here, open, paying attention, loving you, and fully engaged. | Brené Brown | ||
| a3486d3 | Don't shrink. Don't puff up. Stand on your sacred ground. | Brené Brown | ||
| 58ce5f6 | Whether we're overcoming adversity, surviving trauma, or dealing with stress and anxiety, having a sense of purpose, meaning, and perspective in our lives allows us to develop understanding and move forward. Without purpose, meaning, and perspective, it is easy to lose hope, numb our emotions, or become overwhelmed by our circumstances. We feel reduced, less capable, and lost in the face of struggle. The heart of spirituality is connection... | Brené Brown | ||
| 3072ed2 | Love: We cultivate love when we allow our most vulnerable and powerful selves to be deeply seen and known, and when we honor the spiritual connection that grows from that offering with trust, respect, kindness, and affection. Love is not something we give or get; it is something that we nurture and grow, a connection that can only be cultivated between two people when it exists within each one of them--we can only love others as much as we .. | Brené Brown | ||
| d29ce98 | Vulnerability is the last thing I want you to see in me, but the first thing I look for in you. | Brené Brown | ||
| b10c813 | Do not think you can be brave with your life and your work and never disappoint anyone. It doesn't work that way. | Brené Brown | ||
| 64b475c | Speaking truth to bullshit and practicing civility start with knowing ourselves and knowing the behaviors and issues that both push into our own BS or get in the way of being civil. If we go back to BRAVING and our trust checklist, these situations require a keen eye on: 1. Boundaries. What's okay in a discussion and what's not? How do you set a boundary when you realize you're knee-deep in BS? 2. Reliability. Bullshitting is the abandonmen.. | Brené Brown | ||
| f8eddcc | Shame is all about fear. We're afraid that people won't like us if they know the truth about who we are, where we come from, what we believe, how much we're struggling, or, believe it or not, how wonderful we are when soaring | Brené Brown | ||
| e03d496 | Shame is much more likely to be the cause of destructive behavior than the cure. Guilt and empathy are the emotions that lead us to question how our actions affect other people, and both of these are severely diminished by the presence of shame. | Brené Brown | ||
| c8df121 | Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage. | Brené Brown | ||
| 29abbff | Shame tells you that you shouldn't have even tried. Shame tells you that you're not good enough and you should have known better. | Brené Brown | ||
| 619c595 | We have to find our way back to one another or fear wins. | Brené Brown | ||
| a71a081 | An experience of collective pain does not deliver us from grief or sadness; it is a ministry of presence. These moments remind us that we are not alone in our darkness and that our broken heart is connected to every heart that has known pain since the beginning of time. | Brené Brown | ||
| 3118c87 | We're sick of being afraid and we're tired of hustling for our self-worth. We want to be brave, and deep inside we know that being brave requires us to be vulnerable. | Brené Brown | ||
| 68599af | Until we teach our children that they need to be concerned with how they look and with what other people think, they dance. | Brené Brown | ||
| f2ba5fa | Tonight we will exhale and teach. Now it's time to inhale. There is the in-breath and there is the out-breath, and it's easy to believe that we must exhale all the time, without ever inhaling. But the inhale is absolutely essential if you want to continue to exhale. | Brené Brown | ||
| d40de02 | Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we'll ever do." I still believe in this quote from two of my previous books--maybe now more than ever. But I know that it takes more than courage to own your story. We own our stories so we don't spend our lives being defined by them or denying them. And while the journey is long and difficult at times, it is the path to living a more wholehearted life." | Brené Brown |