Quotes About Acceptance

And as experienced as I am, it still summons an act of bravery from me, and I like that. I like the idea of setting an example - proving that it is acceptable to be alone in a public place where everyone else is in groups, and to just be sitting there eating, not having to be engrossed in anything else.

The mob thinks we are maladjusted. Of course we are adjusted just fine, not to their frequency. They take it personally.

Fürchterliche Ungewissheit? Fürchterlich nur so lange, als wir ihr nicht ins Auge zu blicken vermögen.

She invites us to smile at the quirks of human nature, not at simple virtue.

Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind.—GAIL RUBIN BERENY

She refused to consider what losing him forever might do to her.

We all have the right to be different, don't we?

We can take it slow," he said. "You can learn to be with me. Find out what I'm all about. You never know, you might like what you find.

The law might say I could go to a school or into a store. But it could not ensure that I would be welcome when I came to these places.

Don't you mind, Jottie? Don't you want to have what other people have? Just the regular things, you know, like a date or a kiss or a marriage?

You're right, Jottie, but what good is it? Rightness is nothing. You can't live on it. You might as well eat ashes." I glanced at Father, his bloodshot eyes and the stain on his pants. I loved him so. Once more, I tired to explain. "This is all we can do; it's all we're allowed. We can't go back. The only thing time leaves for us to decide" -- I picked up Father's hand and held it tight-- "is whether or not we're going to hate each other.

The secret is to make peace with walking around in a world where we recognize that we are not sure and that's okay. As we learn more about how our brains operate, we recognize that we don't perceive the world objectively. But our goal should be to try.

Identifying a negative outcome doesn't have the same personal sting if you turn it into a positive by finding things to learn from it. You don't have to be on the defensive side of every negative outcome because you can recognize, in addition to things you can improve, things you did well and things outside your control. You realize that not knowing is okay.

When we work toward belief calibration, we become less judgmental of ourselves.

There are many reasons why wrapping our arms around uncertainty and giving it a big hug will help us become better decision-makers. Here are two of them. First, "I'm not sure" is simply a more accurate representation of the world. Second, and related, when we accept that we can't be sure, we are less likely to fall into the trap of black-and-white thinking.

This makes us more compassionate, both toward ourselves and others. Treating outcome fielding as bets constantly reminds us outcomes are rarely attributable to a single cause and there is almost always uncertainty in figuring out the various causes.

our brains evolved to create certainty and order. We are uncomfortable with the idea that luck plays a significant role in our lives. We recognize the existence of luck, but we resist the idea that, despite our best efforts, things might not work out the way we want. It feels better for us to imagine the world as an orderly place, where randomness does not wreak havoc and things are perfectly predictable.

But omission-commission bias causes us not to view these decisions as equivalent. That's why we accept that explanation of "I'm not ready to make a decision yet" from others and why we accept it from ourselves. Of course, what that really means is "I'm not ready to veer from the status quo.

Peut-être sa plus grande fierté, ou même, la justification de son existence: que j'appartienne au monde qui l'avaint dédaigné.

Vraiment fait mon deuil de ce rêve, un homme intelligent, « solide », etc., avec qui je « construirais » (?) quelque chose. En dehors de l'écriture et des enfants, je suis incapable de rien construire.

There's nothing to be ashamed of in loving a person and saying so.

No sé cuándo volví al mundo llamado normal, formulación vaga pero cuyo sentido todos comprenden, es decir, aquel en el que la visión de un lavabo brillante o de las cabezas de los pasajeros en un tren deja de plantearnos interrogantes o de resultar dolorosa.

Dans la rue des Santi Apostoli, odeur forte du crottin, lavé régulièrement par les machines. Une grosse femme est assise sur le trottoir, on voit sa culotte très propre et blanche, soulignant une vulve proéminente. Depuis que ma mère est morte, je ne détourne plus les yeux de telles scènes avec gêne.

Peut-être sa plus grande fierté, ou même, la justification de son existence : que j'appartienne au monde qui l'avait dédaigné.