Pattavina Maria Quotes & Sayings

Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against children who become a little too independent, threatening the balance of the family system. — Susan Forward

We need to listen more, to hear the silence and live in it. — Kim Basinger

My grandfather was sparing in his praise of apprentices. My grandfather insisted we think for ourselves and achieve for our own satisfaction. Deep study of the mysteries were their own tough path, he always said. To live for the approval of others was a pitfall that begged a false turning. — Janny Wurts

The guy was sexy with a capital S-E-X-Y. Yes, that's right, all of his letters deserved to be capitalized. — R.S. Grey

The long game was ended, the Snitch had been caught, it was time to leave the air.. — J.K. Rowling

I buy stocks when they are battered. I am strict with my discipline. I always buy stocks with low price-earnings ratios, low price-to-book value ratios and higher-than-average yield. Academic studies have shown that a strategy of buying out-of-favor stocks with low P/E, price-to-book and price-to-cash flow ratios outperforms the market pretty consistently over long periods of time. — David Dreman

In God's presence I feel small because I am small. — Philip Yancey

I'm coming from a place that's more experimental and indulgent already, so for the last 10 years, it's been more like, "How can I defend my own sensibilities by writing a nugget of a little catchy pop song?" That's how I'm stretching myself, by writing something really simple. — Andrew Bird

Never lose this innovation spirit. — Thorsten Heins

In an artistic and spiritual sense I'm really not that concerned about what happens after the album is done. — Paul Banks

Go to the Scriptures ... the joyful promises it contains will be a balsam to all your troubles. — Andrew Jackson

because only love is real. It is our function to see through the illusion of guilt, to the innocence that lies beyond. "To forgive is merely to remember only the loving thoughts you gave in the past, and those that were given you. All — Marianne Williamson

The sun was shining with the kind of brilliant, silvery light you sometimes find in the middle of a truly beautiful day; an almost imperceptible iridescent mist hovered in the air and all the fresh colours of June were intensified, looked richer and softer, as if reflected through a prism. — Irene Nemirovsky

She was crazy. I could be too. It was my greatest fear, that I'd snap one day too. Just like she had. I wanted to live life because if that day came I wanted to have lived once. — Abbi Glines