Invalidation Abuse Quotes

#1. And that's when she put her book down. And looked at me. And said it: Life isn't fair, Bill. we tell our children that it is, but it's a terrible thing to do. It's not only a lie, it's a cruel lie. Life is not fair, and it never has been, and it's never going to be.

William Goldman

#2. Today's failure can teach us to prepare for the future.

Auliq Ice

#3. Kerosene," he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me.

Ray Bradbury

#4. After all, growing up is nothing but an argument with your parents on the topic of whether or not you are grown. You scream am so am so am so from the moment you're born, and they fire back are not are not are not from the moment they've got you, and on it goes until you can say it loudest.

Catherynne M Valente

#5. The past is the past. As long as it's not a mass-murderer past! You're with the person who you're with as they are now.

Ashley Greene

#6. Don't introduce me to that man! I want to go on hating him, and I can't hate a man whom I know.

Charles Lamb

#7. But knowing something and feeling something are two totally different things.

Robin Benway

#8. Art is anything people do with distinction.

Louis Dudek

#9. Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money.

Mignon McLaughlin

#10. There is no patch for stupidity.

Kevin Mitnick

#11. I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.

Jack Dorsey

#12. The Startup Act should give all Americans, not just immigrants, a better shot at being tomorrow's engineers and entrepreneurs. And that opportunity could begin at a young age with education in computer programming.

Marvin Ammori

#13. I believe our clever young man has intuited that while only the pursuit of happiness is promised to all Americans, unhappiness is guaranteed for many.

Viet Thanh Nguyen

#14. Control me ... release me ... forget about me.

Jeff Hardy