Telling Children About Hard Topics Quotes & Sayings

Error is the ultimate inside job. Yes, the world can be profoundly confusing; and yes, other people can mislead or deceive you. In the end, though, nobody but you can choose to believe your own beliefs. That's part of why recognizing our errors is such a strange experience: accustomed to disagreeing with other people, we suddenly find ourselves at odds with *ourselves*. — Kathryn Schulz

They never played games with each other, they never had tow worry where they stood, because if either of them had a moment of wavering, the other would say I love you and would mean it and all doubts were forgiven because in this one case it was found that love conquers all. — David Levithan

Sometimes you laughed, and then my glove puppet would weep piteously. When you took the glove puppet he alternated between flirtatious and suicidal, hell-bent on flinging himself from great heights and out of the windows. I noticed that you didn't make a voice or a history for the puppet, but you became its voice and history. I'd have liked to admire that but felt I was watching a distressing form of theft, since the puppet could do nothing but suffer being forced open like an oyster. — Helen Oyeyemi

We hadn't brought a tent. Even if it rained, we couldn't afford to blind ourselves like that when we slept. — Patricia Briggs

Men, if we are to serve our wives with a purposeful love that moves them steadily toward Christlikeness, we must be men of grace - men who revel in God's grace, speak of God's grace, model God's grace. — Larry McCall

I think with my journey so far, it never felt like an overwhelming, overnight success story. I think that's good for me because I really got to take my time. — Tori Kelly

It's not easy to convey to someone who doesn't read comics just how Alan Moore has dominated the field since 'Watchmen.' — Susanna Clarke

And under Obamacare, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women. Before, some wouldn't cover women's most basic needs, like contraception and maternity care, but would still charge us up to 50 percent more than men - for a worse plan. — Kathleen Sebelius

Nobody ever looked at me in Krasnodar. I'm not in the taste of the men there at all. — Anna Netrebko

I don't know every step I'm supposed to take. I think Jesus just wants me to take the next step. — Bob Goff

As chef Mehdi Chellaoui says, "I use lemon like I use salt." Mario Batali would agree: if something is missing, it's probably acid. — Timothy Ferriss

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it. — Roald Dahl

Drew doesn't make me feel like myself. He makes me feel better than myself. As if there is a little broken part in me, rattling and loose, and whenever he's near it falls into place and tightens. The thought has me withdrawing, sinking into that cold, thick place that chokes me. I'm beginning to need him too much. — Kristen Callihan