Ukoria Quotes & Sayings

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals. — Franz Schubert

The main problem with the 'histronic behaviour' hypothesis, like the alternatives, is that it is unitary and simplistic, while the phenomena are complex and heterogeneous. When advanced as a sole and complete explanation, 'hysteria' is a vague and inadequate construct. ... "secondary gain and hysteria can occur as reactions to real events, real sociological problems, and real biomedical diseases, so the presence of these elements does not necessarily weigh in favour of Satanic ritual abuse's being entirely unreal. Ritual abuse cases need to be managed in such a way that hysteria, regression, grandiosity, and secondary gain are discouraged rather than fostered. However, it must be remembered that 'hysteria' and 'attention seeking' explanations generally function as justifications for not thinking about the complexities of the clinical problem. — Colin A. Ross

I would kiss Tipper much longer. — Al Gore

Life is a terminal condition. Were all going to die. Cancer patients just have more information, but we all, in some ways, wait for permission to live. — Kris Carr

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Bombs are falling and we're reading stories, I thought. I have entered the realm of the insane. -Jacob — Ransom Riggs

Only fools imagine they are already awake. How clearly they understand everything! How easily they distinguish this deception from that reality! — Zhuangzi

The world is small. Books make it bigger. — Jerry J.C. Veit

I remember myself at 10 years old telling stories to my sisters and brother. This is something I did through my adolescence and even through my twenties. — Pedro Almodovar

As he had once said to someone in England, though he did not care to remember whom, he had liked the sight of the sea because it represented his escape from England. And he had escaped.
But she had said that perhaps it was from himself he wished to escape and that it could not be done. For wherever he went, he must inevitably take himself along too. — Mary Balogh