Placatory Method Quotes & Sayings

A good film is always nourishing. It's not about it being hopeful or bleak; it's about how it touches you, how it moves or stirs you. — Lisa Yuskavage

The fact is that ours is the only minority you can join involuntarily, without warning, at any time. And if you live long enough, as you're increasingly likely to do, you may well join it. — Nancy Mairs

He entertained these thoughts awkwardly, as a man entertains unexpected guests. Then, as he reached his objective, he pushed these thoughts away, as a man apologizes to his guests, and leaves them, muttering something about a prior engagement. — Neil Gaiman

And the d'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. — Thomas Hardy

He still went out nearly every night. I thought, is this what he's going to do when we have the baby? Have I made another terrible mistake with a man? You don't really know a man until you have a child with him. Then you see so much. Is he kind? Is he tolerant? Is he loving? Or is he immature and egotistical and selfish? When you have a child, it can go two ways with your husband: You love him even more, or you lose all respect for him. And if you lose respect, there's no way to get it back ... — Candace Bushnell

Pollution is a necessary result of the inability of man to reform and transform waste. — Patti Smith