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Medusa's Quesion du jour (the year of the horse edition!)
Abuse of power, dehumanization, disregard for the well-being of others. Callous dickishness in general.
Trust is knowing someone or something well enough to have a good idea of their motivations and character, for good or for ill. People often say trust when they mean faith.
When my work wouldn't give me time off the last week of my pregnancy and then told me they were thinking about firing me because I wasn't being "cheerful enough" I damn well told them I was in too much pain to walk all day, push in chairs, and pick up trash and smile.
We are what we are. Nothing more, nothing less. There is good and evil among every kind of people. It's the evil among us who rule now. -Anne Bishop, Daughter of the Blood
I wondered if he could ever understand that it was a blessing, not a sin, to be graced with more than one love.
It could be complicated; of course it could be complicated. And it opened one up to the possibility of more pain and loss.
Still, it was a blessing I would never relinquish. Love, genuine love, was always a cause for joy.
-Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse
It was at one of the kids. Not very recently, though. I was literally screaming. Now I don't remember what it was about, only that it had continued for hours and then I snapped.
"No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical." -- Niels Bohr
I'd have to look through my post history, to see if there was a another time after the one I posted about in my blog. I'm thinking a year or more, at the very least.
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