People only know what you tell them. Well, if you didn’t tell them anything then you were safe.
You just had to keep going, day by day.
Eventually you regretted the things you hadn’t done as much as the things you had.
All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910, Anna Karenina A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit. François Rab...
The future was eventually all about what you had really done, not what you wished you had done.
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children’s teeth are set on edge Ezekiel 18:2
Her old dad used to say God is good, and he was good, but he was also very busy. He just needed a bit of help now and again.
Hindsight really is a fucking wonderful thing.
People who feel she ain’t
It was a pleasure when a person remembered that good manners cost fuck-all, and it went a long way.
Find a positive instead of a negative, and you will find your life is much easier to bear. The
Now she knew why her mum had kept such a close eye on her; she wasn’t interfering as such, she had just understood that there were people in this world who were capable of causing great hurt as well a...
No time like the present’ Mrs Manley (The Lost Lover, 1696), 1663-1724 ‘From marrying in haste, and repenting at leisure; Not liking the person, yet liking his treasure.’ Elizabeth Thomas, 1675-1731 ‘...
Non Omnis Moriar. I shall not altogether die. Horace (65 BC-8 BC)
They weren’t a bad family. At least they loved one another, cared for one another. Most of the time anyway.
Who was it who once said: ‘Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer still’? An astute man whoever he was,
The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings them trouble Proverbs 15:6
Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in all those who take advice Proverbs 13:10
Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing can ever be made.’ – Immanuel Kant, 1724-1804 ‘He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.’ – Proverbs, 28:20 ‘Believe me! The secret...
The dole was supposed to tide you over till you got a fucking job. It was never meant to be your fucking main earn.
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