Mierdas In English Quotes & Sayings

Combat and rape, the public and private forms of organized social violence, are primarily experiences of adolescent and early adult life. The United States Army enlists young men at seventeen; the average age of the Vietnam combat soldier was nineteen. In many other countries boys are conscripted for military service while barely in their teens. Similarly, the period of highest risk for rape is in late adolescence. Half of all victims are aged twenty or younger at the time they are raped; three-quarters are between the ages of thirteen and twenty-six. The period of greatest psychological vulnerability is also in reality the period of greatest traumatic exposure, for both young men and young women. Rape and combat might thus be considered complementary social rites of initiation into the coercive violence at the foundation of adult society. They are the paradigmatic forms of trauma for women and men. — Judith Lewis Herman

Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other. — Bruno Dumont

neighbour said she heard barking but was too scared of Forester to do much.' 'Couldn't have happened to a nicer breed of dog,' Savage said. 'My gran kept Staffies,' Calter said. 'Me and my brother played with them when we were kids.' 'Well, if they get anywhere near my kids I kick first and ask questions later.' Calter — Mark Sennen

Marathons are hard because of the physical pain, the pounding on the muscles, joints, tendons. — Lance Armstrong

I have also figured out that for many people death is a difficult subject, not at all as simple as it is for me. — Maija Haavisto

Twitter is worth it if you like tweeting. Same is true of Facebook. Or Pinterest. Nothing wrong with having a social presence. — M.J. Rose

If you meet a woman of whatever complexion who sails her life with strength and grace and assurance, talk to her! And what you will find is that there has been a suffering, that at some time she has left herself for hanging dead. — Sena Jeter Naslund

The shame of fools conceals their open wounds.
[Lat., Stultorum incurata malus pudor ulcera celat.] — Horace

I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express. — Mose Allison

Music is my No. 1 passion. If you made me choose between music and food, it's definitely music. — Trisha Yearwood

THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS AN INNOCENT WITCH! — Chris Colfer

Turn your scars into stars. — Robert H. Schuller

When they found me, Dad did what every parent I knew would have done - he reached for his belt. I remember watching him in a kind of daze, awed at the distance between punishment and offense. Later, I would hear it in Dad's voice - "Either I can beat him, or the police." Maybe that saved me. Maybe it didn't. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

Remember everyone's path is different. Amid constant broadcast & comparison, it's the most loving thing you can do for yourself. #LOveTip — Lauren Oliver