Egeria Quotes & Sayings

When faced with choosing between attributing their pain to "being crazy" and having had abusive parents, clients will choose "crazy" most of the time. Dora, a 38-year-old, was profoundly abused by multiple family perpetrators and has grappled with cutting and eating disordered behaviors for most of her life. She poignantly echoed this dilemma in her therapy:
I hate it when we talk about my family as "dysfunctional" or "abusive." Think about what you are asking me to accept - that my parents didn't love me, care about me, or protect me. If I have to choose between "being abused" or "being sick and crazy," it's less painful to see myself as nuts than to imagine my parents as evil. — Lisa Ferentz

I wasn't sure how my dad would react. There was an agent sitting behind them and he told me he was embarrassed to watch the scenes. My parents have always been very open. They trust my decisions. — Shannon Elizabeth

He must have a magical dick because there's no way I'd keep dating someone who cheated on me every week. — Skyla Madi

Confident people generally handle people with respect, compassion and integrity. — Sam Owen

I devote most of my day to writing, and try to turn out at least four pages a day. As for what triggers the creative process, it's a mystery to me! Characters often just walk on the page, and I wait to see what they do and say while I'm writing them. — Tess Gerritsen

'Mediocre' tends to mean 'undistinguished', while snobs enjoy their distinguishing hallmarks of style - how they wear clothes, use words, where they go and gather and gossip ... Whatever the circumstances the genius has put you into, the fact of individuality defends the soul against all class-action claims. No soul is mediocre, whatever your personal taste for conventionality, whatever your personal record of middling achievements. — James Hillman

Egeria! sweet creation of some heart Which found no mortal resting-place so fair As thine ideal breast. — Lord Byron

The Englishman said that he, when captured, had made and kept the following vows to himself: To brush his teeth twice a day, to shave once a day, to wash his face and hands before every meal and after going to the latrine, to polish his shoes once a day, to exercise for at least a half an hour each morning and then move his bowels, and to look into a mirror frequently, frankly evaluating his appearance, particularly with respect to his posture. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

One part braggart to one part coward. He would fear everyone he did not control. And the next day he would fear those he controlled even more. — Robin Hobb

Coal is the moral choice, particularly for the developing world ... The model for the world right now should be Australia. Australia gets it. Scientifically they get it, politically they get it and particularly when it comes to the United Nations, they get it. They are pulling out of this, they are repealing their carbon tax and Canada seems to be intrigued by what Australia is doing. — Marc Morano

The nation of Israel was not the 'Body of Christ,' even though the Body of Christ is indeed the true 'Israel of God. — John G. Reisinger

Culture for rich people doesn't come till later, it creeps up on them, and it's not well regarded. — Sophie Divry

An authentic spirituality does not cater to culture; it calls culture to accountability. — Joan D. Chittister

Most people are so hard to please that if they met God, they'd probably say yes, she's great, but ... — Diana Ross

There are people out there with three jobs and small children. Being an actor is a walk in the park compared to working as a cleaner overnight. I'm lucky I'm not plucking chickens. — Anne-Marie Duff