Zahlstelle Quotes & Sayings

There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender ... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results. — Judith Butler

I'm just a regular guy. — Stewart Rahr

Life is a glass of wine and having your feet washed - it's a biblical event, might I add. This is part of mankind's story. You are always looking for a moment to take a break. — Mick Fleetwood

You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it leads to delusion. It arrests development and short-circuits the cultivation of wisdom. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

In supportive work, the therapist cedes great control to the patient. It may seem otherwise. The therapist is setting limits, perhaps implicitly commenting on the patient's behavior or sense of self, and so forth, and on the surface it seems that the therapist is taking responsibility for the patient's progress. but all this activity leads nowhere except, if we succeed, to stability. In supportive therapy, change arises in a more or less miraculous way , through the patient's suddenly feeling secure enough to move in a certain direction, perhaps one unanticipated by the therapist. It is this pathless quality of supportive work - the degree of blind faith it requires of the therapist - that makes it most uncomfortable. — Peter D. Kramer

The Greeks not only face facts. They have no desire to escape from them. — Edith Hamilton

I don't want my life to not be the way I expected.
I may not be scared of crowds. Or the dark. Or small spaces. But I am afraid.
I am afraid of responsibility; I am afraid of not living up to expectations, of the changing future, of growing up, not knowing, sex, relationships, hardship, secrets, grades, judgement, falling short, loneliness, change, confusion, arguments, curiosity, love, hate, losing, pressure, differences, honesty, lies.
I am afraid of me.
Yet, despite this, I know I am brave. I know I am brave because I've accepted my invisible fears and haven't let them overcome me.
I want you to know that you're brave because you know your fears. You're brave because you introduced yourself. You're brave because you said 'No, I don't understand.' You're brave because you are here. — Emily Trunko

The unfixable nature of never - that's what makes it so terrible to bear. — Camille Pagan

If I were really, truly in love with someone who was truly in love with me, then I would get married, but that would be the only reason I'd get married. — Tracey Emin

Had there not been the film, my name would not represent somebody that's out there fighting for the environment. — Erin Brockovich

Sometimes when we have to speak suddenly we come closer to the truth than when we have time to think. — Madeleine L'Engle

I'm not bored with my life. I'm not just making the records and touring, I would find that boring. — Elton John

I am impressed by how much of my grandparent's life depended on continuities, contacts, connections, friendships, and blood relationships. — Wallace Stegner