Dicerbo Marianne Quotes & Sayings

There is a danger in the repudiation of the feminine when the daughter who rejects the aspects of the negative feminine embodied by her mother also denies positive aspects of her own feminine nature, which are playful, sensuous, passionate, nurturing, intuitive, and creative. Many women who have had angry or emotional mothers seek to control their own anger and feelings lest they be seen as destructive and castrating. This repression of anger often prevents them from seeing the inequities in a male-defined system. Women who have seen their mothers as superstitious, religious, or old-fashioned discard the murky, mysterious, magical aspects of the feminine for cool logic and analysis. A chasm is created between the heroine and the maternal qualities within her; this chasm will have to be healed later in the journey for her to achieve wholeness. — Maureen Murdock

He's so busy looking inside people to find the good that he misses the knife they're holding in their hand. — Alexandra Bracken

We should abandon all hope when we are born. Happiness is a mere sparkle in the darkness. — Cristiane Serruya

The most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep ... — John Geddes

You know," he says, "for someone who doesn't like touching people, you keep finding ways to put your hands on me. — Victoria Schwab

History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. — Richard Lamm