Paulene So Quotes & Sayings

People say that rape is not sex, that it's violence," Lucy says, bitterly. "But it's also sex. You can't get around that," she says. "he didn't run me over with a car. He had sex with me. You're not supposed to do that. You're not supposed to have sex with an eighth-grader. You're not supposed to have sex when you're in eighth grade. It was very intimate. You can't get around it. This part of the body," she says, gesturing from her heart to her lower abdomen, though I understand she means to indicate her vagina. "If you're sitting around with a group of women, talking about various traumas, someone will say, I got beaten by my mother. But if you say, I got raped, it's a different thing."
I wonder if that is true. Is rape really the worst sort of violation? I'm not sure. I often wonder why it matters whether we're penetrated or not. There is the pain, but the pain doesn't last. The shame does. (216) — Jessica Stern

I was born Gaynor Hopkins, one of seven children. My mum, Elsie, and dad, Glyndwr, always said they had seven children, although my sister Paulene was stillborn. — Bonnie Tyler

I wouldn't even feel sorry for us if I was going against us. I know teams are licking their chops. The Bulls or Milwaukee, they're excited. Even though somebody is hurt they're still excited because they feel like we're a man down and we might not be as strong, but we're confident here. We got the players to still make something special happen. Guys just have to step up as a unit. — Tristan Thompson

Do more sharing than shopping. — Matshona Dhliwayo

You control your own wins and losses. — Maria Sharapova

Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself. — Jawaharlal Nehru

The reality about life is that challenges are inevitable. — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

Ethan Wate: What I can't figure is, you go to church everyday, how do you believe in all of this and still believe in God?
Amma: God created all things didn't he? Only man will decide which ones is mistakes. - Beautiful Creatures — Kami Garcia

If you aren't on Goodreads, you should be. I've said it before, it's like Facebook for readers on crack. — Colleen Hoover

Your mind's light will enlighten you,
your heart's light will encourage you,
your soul's light will enliven you,
and your God's light will enlarge you. — Matshona Dhliwayo

When someone chooses to value herself over the things she can buy, true transformation begins. — Suze Orman