J. Ruth Gendler Quotes

#1. Anxiety is secretive. He does not trust anyone, not even his friends, Worry, Terror, Doubt and Panic ... He likes to visit me late at night when I am alone and exhausted. I have never slept with him, but he kissed me on the forehead once, and I had a headache for two years ...

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#2. Sensuality does not understand why everyone else is so disturbed by her. As a young girl, she was often scolded for going barefoot.

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#3. Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy ... In ninth grade she was befriended by Courage. Courage lent Compassion bright sweaters, explained the slang, showed her how to play volleyball.

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#4. The bones of the skeleton which support the body can become the bars of the cage which imprison the spirit.

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#5. Fear has a large shadow, but he himself is small.

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#6. Beauty is startling. She wears a gold shawl in the summer and sells seven kinds of honey at the flea market. She is young and old at once, my daughter and my grandmother. In school she excelled in mathematics and poetry ... Beauty will dance with anyone who is brave enough to ask her.

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