Close Your Eyes Quotes

“his part that any member of the group was straying from his teaching brought about a public session of humiliation, so we all strived to please him. He continued to teach me, and I continued to swell with pride at his praise and tear myself to shreds with remorse when he rebuked me for some minor misdemeanour. The best times for me were the maths lessons, and it wasn’t long before Aram understood that I had an aptitude for numbers and”
― Rachel Abbott, Close Your Eyes

“and others wrong. We’re expected to acknowledge that these rules have been communicated to us by some supreme being, whoever that might be – Jehovah, Allah, Krishna. But the rules were actually set by men in the name of their god: rich, influential men who wanted to control the lives of those around them, to protect what they had – what they owned.”
― Rachel Abbott, Close Your Eyes

“and others wrong. We’re expected to acknowledge that these rules have been communicated to us by some supreme being, whoever that might be – Jehovah, Allah, Krishna. But the rules were actually set by men in the name of their god: rich, influential men who wanted to control the lives of those around them, to protect what they”
― Rachel Abbott, Close Your Eyes

“that’s the problem with the human race – we’ve created so many constraints, set so many rules by which we’re all supposed to live that it’s no surprise we feel like failures all the time.”
― Rachel Abbott, Close Your Eyes

“Since gaining my freedom, I’ve realised that the total domination of one person over another, or a group of others, is not confined to the kind of life I led as I grew up. It can happen within a family, within a place of work, within a group of friends. Anywhere where one person dictates the rules without fear of dissent.”
― Rachel Abbott, Close Your Eyes

“We arrive on this earth with nothing, and we leave with nothing. Everything we have in between is borrowed and should be shared.”
― Rachel Abbott, Close Your Eyes