Ostracism In Relationships Quotes & Sayings

I really mean it what do I say, unless I won't say. — M.F. Moonzajer

But then why is it so terrible for me to be with the girl I love? Everyone one is permitted to have what they want, express their love as they please, without fear of harassment, ostracism, persecution, or even the law. Even emotionally abusive, adulterous relationships are often tolerated, despite the harm they cause others. In our progressive, permissive society, all these harmful, unhealthy types of "love" are allowed
but not ours. — Tabitha Suzuma

Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp. — Beatrice Wood

The hardest thing we are asked to do in this world is to remain aware of suffering, suffering about which we can do nothing. — May Sarton

I have found it a singular luxury to talk across the pond to a companion on the opposite side. — Henry David Thoreau

I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness. — Pamela Anderson

I am selfish - you have already said so - and as a selfish man I think not of what others would do in my situation, but of what I intend doing myself.
Alexandre Dumas. The Count of Monte Cristo (Kindle Locations 11677-11678). — Alexandre Dumas

Images are ... a kind of emotional shorthand. — Erica Jong

Holy hell! Bryan "Mac" McMillan kissed her. Then grinned. And then winked. — Julie Ann Walker

Don't say Dick Gansey, man. Do not say it. He is never going to be with you. And don't me tell you don't swing that way, man. I'm in your head."
"That's not what Gansey is to me," Ronan said.
"You didn't say you don't swing that way."
Ronan was silent. Thunder growled under his feet. "No, I didn't. — Maggie Stiefvater

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person. — Ang Lee

I make movies I want to see. — Neil LaBute

Today we have gay people whose relationships, until just recently, have been branded by society as extraordinarily shameful, as uniquely perverse - worse than incest. The cultural heritage of this view had the effect of driving them all underground, where sex is practiced surreptitiously, secretively, for fear of social ostracism, not to mention physical harm. And now, tired of the highway rest stops, tired of the back rooms in gay bars, many in that community have a longing to attempt what can only be regarded as modern marvel regardless of gender: two people willing to attempt lifelong fidelity to each other, come what may. This doesn't seem to me to be a "slippery slope." It seems to me that it might actually be instead, a redemptive trajectory. — Ken Wilson

That was the second major lie I told that week. It gets easier, in some ways; now I lie without expending any effort. But I think each one has its own weight. One alone may barely register, like a grain of sand in the palm of one's hand. But soon enough there's more than can be held and they start to slip through our grasp if we are not careful. — Emma Newman

If we allow ourselves even for a moment to contemplate the vast weight of suffering in the world, we will easily be overwhelmed with grief. This is why we develop the habit and self-protective instinct of overlooking the suffering around us. — Thabiti M. Anyabwile