Top 64 Jessica Zafra Quotes
#1. What exactly did we learn in kindergarten? Nothing we wouldn't have learned if we;d stayed home. Okay, we learned that sometimes, by the time you get to the bathroom, it's too late.
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#3. Everyone declares that love is irrational, and yet everytime this statement is proven correct, they profess amazement. They seem to assume that love will make an exception in their case. It never does.
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#5. Repeat after me: "I am a goddess. I am a goddess. I am a goddess." Make this your mantra. From constant repetition you will start believing it, and if you yourself are convinced of your goddesshood, other people will be convinced.
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#6. Food is the all-purpose comforter, the giver of warmth, the source of the artificial yet deeply appreciated sugar high.
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#7. The more "normal" the person seems, the sicker she probably is.
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#8. I don't hurt other people intentionally. I'm not a bad person. I have a decent job. So I like to put on high heels and a little dress. Does that make me a monster? -Edgar Saturnino, 24 (Lamentations 5:23)
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#9. Whining is a form of manipulation. People will give anything to make you shut up.
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#10. What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.
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#11. The reason men rule is because women let them.
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#13. It's not words that fail, it's the people who wield them. We have no power over life and death, we are subject to pain and disease and misery, but we command words. When you think about it, words are all we really have.
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#14. There are limits to self-improvement. Inevitably you hit the point where what you are is, well, what you are, and all the teach-yourself videos and easy-to-use equipment on those creatinous home TV shopping things can no longer ward off you confrontation with your self.
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#15. Why should I bring happiness to those I loathe by obliterating myself, when I can make them miserable just by existing?
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#17. As you go through life, you learn many lessons. Unfortunately these lessons only apply to the specific instances in which you learned them. Therefore you can expect to make horrible mistakes no matter how long you live.
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#18. The question is not why fools fall in love. It is expected of them. When "smart" people fall in love - that's the problem.
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#19. The book identifies you as part of the tribe. On the opposite extreme, there are people who will walk up to you when you're reading a book because they think you're lonely.
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#20. Someday you will look back on all the awful stuff that's happening to you, and fondly smile. Doesn't say much about the future, does it?
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#21. Few things in life are certain, and one of them is that you can turn on the television at three in the morning and someone will be singing and dancing on the Indian channel. Proof of Nietzsche's theory of eternal recurrence.
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#22. What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical.
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#23. You can not make someone love you. You can not be thin enough or white enough or famous enough. The choice is entirely the other person's. Then again, you might try hypnosis.
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#24. Once you've read too many trashy best-sellers, you begin to look for something with substance, something that attempts to define the universe.
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#25. The challenge for all of us in this day and age is to distinguish between the merely surprising and the truly amazing.
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#27. We are all the same in that we all want to be different.
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#28. Never, ever point out that a woman is eating too much.
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#29. People who read books in public places are regarded with suspicion because they appear self-sufficient. When you seem self-sufficient, other people think that you think you're better than them, and they get resentful.
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#30. A writer who makes serious money is never taken seriously. Writers and artists are expected to suffer poverty and privation for their art; it's a sign of authenticity.
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#31. The one thing that worries me is that with my mother gone, the voice in my head that tells me to be nice to others has been silenced forever. I fear for other people.
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#32. The guilty pleasure defense. In my view if it's guilty, it ain't pleasure.
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#33. If you are honest with yourself, your life will be so much more pleasant.
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#34. Singapore is what your city could become if everyone obeyed the rules, did their jobs diligently, and just shut up. When your city gets to be this paragon of efficiency and discipline, would you still want to live there? Singapore is a model city, which is terrific if you happen to be a model human.
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#35. I find it tiresome when people parade their agonies for public viewing; the last thing I want to evoke is pity. We are all the walking wounded, your pain is no worse than everyone else's.
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#36. I cannot write about Venice; I can only write about me, and the sleeping parts of myself that Venice has shocked into wakefulness.
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#37. The expression "madly in love" is apt, for it describes a form of temporary insanity.
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#38. Greasy food might not be good for your body, but it does wonders for the soul. A healthy diet may prolong your life, but what would you have to live for? What is the point of living to a hundred if you have to subsist on bland food? One may as well die of boredom.
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#39. That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you picked it up, things have happened to you.
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#40. We don't really have a movie industry; we have a trailer industry. The movie guys make five minutes worth of stuff to get people in the theatre, and eighty-five minutes of filler.
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#41. One of the advantages of having an imaginary boyfriend is that he exists only for you, therefore he can not be stolen. The disadvantage is that you can not introduce him to your friends.
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#42. The reason producers make stupid movies is because there are stupid people who will pay to see them.
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#43. In relationships it is best to assume nothing.
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#44. These days when we speak of politics at all it is with indifference, anger, or "Please, could we talk about something that doesn't make us nauseous?" But there was a time when we could discuss government with hope, pride, and trust in our leaders, and that was when Corazon Aquino was president.
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#45. Marriage is a contract. Love is non-negotiable.
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#46. We have no control over fate and history, but we can control how we conduct ourselves in this life.
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#47. The truth is, the more one knows about Art, the more one values Entertainment.
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#48. Yes, it's true that you can't learn everything from books. But you do learn something about everything.
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#49. There's nothing wrong with self-improvement, as long as you recognize that at some point you're going to have to accept yourself in all your imperfect glory. What's wrong with liking yourself the way you are?
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#50. Food is the best substitute for everything, because it does not put up any resistance, but surrenders instantly.
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#52. Tolkien tells us that we do not charge into battle because we know we will win. We do so regardless of odds and outcomes, because we have to.
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#53. We like to think that all people have hidden depths, but the fact is that a lot of people are shallow.
The vast majority don't have an opinion until they tune in to AM radio or read the papers. Then they become social critics.
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#54. My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.
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#55. While being madly in love is fun, perhaps one should aspire to be sanely in love.
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#56. We often reward mediocrity because it is comforting. If they can do it, anyone can do it.
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#57. Sometimes I wonder if, instead of falling madly in love, we should aspire to fall sanely in love. But then, what would be the point?
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#58. Being good does make a difference. You will not receive praise or payment for it, and other people will mistake your goodness for weakness, but it resonates among people you won't even meet.
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#59. If you're on a plane and the person in front of you starts slowly tilting to one side, it means he's letting out a fart. Take cover!
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#60. That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.
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#61. Screw us once, shame on them; screw us twice, shame on us.
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#62. There are certain rules to be observed when writing about our parents. We can only describe them as transparent figures with golden haloes, smiling down at us from heaven, large flag billowing in the breeze optional, just before the end credits roll.
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#63. Beware of those who have never been bored, depressed, or angry. There is something seriously wrong with them.
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#64. To work problems out for yourself, to find you own way out of ignorance, to know the pleasure of knowing - these things improve the quality of life. Unfashionable, even impractical, but true.
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