Quotes About Acknowledgment

Eventually it dawns on us that we can regret causing harm without becoming weighed down by negative shame. Just seeing the hurt and heartbreak clearly motivates us to move on. By acknowledging what we did, cleanly and compassionately, we go forward.

I always listen to everything you say. You have very authoritative hair.

No. It happened. But if it simplifies your life to disbelieve it, then do so.

You're…normal." "That's the first time anyone's called me that in my life

We say, "That's a very interesting idea," when we have no intention of taking the idea seriously.

Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence in solitary confinement.

To my daughter, without whose help this book would have been completed a long time back.

But reality cannot be ignored; we must grow up.

Hi, Officer," R. C. greeted him

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.

Ik wist niet eens dat u Alice heette. - Lyra

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know.

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.

Yes, the secret commonwealth…You don't hear much talk about that these days. When I was young, there wasn't a single bush, not a single flower nor a stone, that didn't have its own proper spirit. You had to have a mind to your manners around them, to ask for pardon, or for permission, or give thanks….Just to acknowledge that they were there, them spirits, and they had their proper rights to recognition and courtesy.

Because you happen to be a writer doesn't mean you have to deny yourself the ordinary human pleasure of being praised and applauded.

But no mention is made of the fact that it was God they were thanking. . . .

Though games were barely acknowledged as a legitimate form of expression, let alone a legitimate art form, Tom was convinced that they were almost sublime forms of communication, just as films or novels. After

I am always amazed by people who know something is wrong but still insist on ignoring it, as if that will somehow make it go away. They spare themselves the confrontation, but end up boiling in resentment anyway.

But whether or not you are here, you are here—because these words are for you, and they wouldn't exist if you weren't here in some way.

what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated. do you know what it's like to work so hard to make sure everyone's happy, and to have not a single person recognize it

It's the way you say thank you like you're genuinely thankful. I have never met anyone else who does that on a regular basis.

what i really want - and what i never get - is to be appreciated.

I've been trying to argue myself into thinking these things don't matter, A. Really,I have. But I've lost the argument. And I can't keep having it, when I know what the real answer is.

Such a strange thing, to hold a six-year-old's hand. Especially a six-year-old you've only just met. A toddler will grab hold of your finger, and someone your own age will clasp on to your whole hand, but with six-year-olds it's something in between, this acknowledgment that they can't be the one to take hold, so you have to do all the holding, folding your hand around theirs, feeling so much bigger and responsible.