Barbara

“I'm a born-again atheist.”
― Gore Vidal

“Perfectionist parents seem to operate under the illusion that if they can just get their children to be perfect, they will be a perfect family. They put the burden of stability on the child to avoid facing the fact that they, as parents, cannot provide it. The child fails and becomes the scapegoat for family problems. Once again, the child is saddled with the blame.”
― Susan Forward Ph.D, Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life

“If people were more concerned with how they looked on the inside, then on the outside, the world would be a nicer place to exist.”
― David Walsh

“How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book but merely having glimpsed the cover.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year