Ortolans Recipe Quotes & Sayings

The agony of this chronic stage of being cannot be endured for long. At the deepest level, toxic shame triggers our basic automatic defensive cover-ups. Freud called these automatic cover-ups our primary ego defenses. Once these defenses are in place they function automatically and unconsciously, sending our true and authentic selves into hiding. We develop a false identity out of this basic core. We become master impersonators. We avoid our core agony and pain and over a period of years, we avoid our avoidance. — John Bradshaw

Whether you're making love to the ladies or postulating the infinite, you'll still get all flabby one day! — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

I can't believe the ignorance there, so I don't allow it to affect my life, I don't allow it to come into my zone, and it's not in my world, really. — Valerie June

Eventually, I turn on the internet and go to my email — Mia Sheridan

One of these days I'm going to be surrounded by so many young gifted athletes. There must be something in the water, because everyone's kid is a prodigy of some kind, except for mine. Gomer is a bit of a lumberer on the soccer field, and when Adolpha practices her ballet, she has the grace of a baby giraffe. They're so like their mother. I couldn't be prouder of my little underachievers. — Jen Mann

I really like 'The Three Kings' DVD. I love that movie and all the extra footage and documentaries. — A. J. Cook

Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions. — John Ortberg