Minting Press Quotes & Sayings

I wanted to escape, and to become the center of a universe of my own creation, instead of remaining on the margins or even becoming part of other people's universe. — Rhonda K. Garelick

Because of my experience in Desert Storm I have permanent Insomnia but don't get me wrong I love sleep I can never get enough of it. — Stanley Victor Paskavich

I don't want advice.' 'Nobody does. It's a giver's present. — John Steinbeck

- Child is abused, perpetrator threatens to hurt mother. Child feels protective of mother.
- Struggle to escape perp reinforces feelings of mutual protection. It's Mom and I against the world.
- Something necessary at the time later creates "enmeshment." Child doesn't see her actions as separate from mother. Even during normal adolescent individuation. But
- Normal individuation doesn't happen in abuse survivors. They don't feel normal, so they
- Act out in unhealthy or self-destructive ways, which creates
- Fear and pain for mother, which creates
- Guilt for child who still feels responsible for mother's emotional health.
- Child seeks release from the guilt and from not feeling normal, which leads to
- Escape to the world of other not normal people, where mother can't see her child self-destruct, which leads to
"The bad news. — Claire Fontaine

People are good medicine, but they can't be your foundation of functionality. You must build that yourself. — Heidi Cullinan

The people who really resurrected 'Blade Runner' was 'MTV.' — Ridley Scott

Why is it that people don't know what to say when something bad has happened to someone they know? Maybe because they think there are some magic words that will make everything all right again, only they don't know what the words are. — Ellen Wittlinger

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step. — Maria Montessori

You were honest and hardworking and kind. You were polite and patient and more mature than any guy I'd dated before. And when we were together, you listened in a way that made me feel like I was the only woman in the world. You made me feel complete and spending time with you just seemed right. — Nicholas Sparks

Reading gives liberty to your mind. — Aman Jassal