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Saturday, September 26, 2020

Quotes from Alex Lux’s The Seduced Saga



 

"Lose a few games and everyone wants to show you how it's done." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Innocence)

 

"Maybe life isn't about answers, but rather the adventure." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Innocence)

 

"When one find the one, when you share that spark of kismet, then it becomes inconceivable to walk through life with anyone else. More than that, it's impossible to imagine life without them." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Innocence)

 

"It's remarkable how much is going on around us that we never see or notice. We think we're at the center of things, but we're oblivious to so much." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Innocence)

 

"Violence only creates more of the same. If we want a world of peace, love and true harmony, we have to practice that ourselves." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Innocence)

 

"Hope is a fragile thing, yet strangely enduring. It hides in the crevices of pain, burrowing deep until unseen, for fear that sorrow, in its rage, will devour hope's desperate hold on the heart. It can live there for years silent and waiting. Or, it can be slaughtered with a word --- mankind's most powerful weapon." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Pain)

 

"We all have reasons for doing what we do, and every soldier at war believes his cause is the right and just one. No one likes to think they are the bad guy." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Pain)

 

"You'll be miserable your whole life if you fight who and what you are. But if you accept yourself, all parts of yourself, you'll know a freedom you've never imagined. Sometimes it takes someone we love telling us it's okay to claim it before we are able to embrace it." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Pain)

 

"Some memories should never be allowed to take root in our minds. Some days should never greet the sun. Some moments should never be lived." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Power)

 

"Everyone deserves a second chance and we can't judge someone by their past alone. We have to look at who they are now." ~~ Alex Lux (Book: Seduced By Power)

 

 

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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Quotes from Alice Wasser’s Books


 


"If you've ever met a human man in your life, you probably realize that a guy falling in love with you for your inner beauty is a complete crock." ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Confessions Of An Ugly Girl)

 

"You always have to meet internet dates in public places so they don't murder you." ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Confessions Of An Ugly Girl)

 

"Nobody looks anything close to as good as their photo." ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Confessions Of An Ugly Girl)

 

"People have a 14% higher chance of dying on their birthday than on any other day, so it's probably a good idea to stay in the house that day." ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Confessions of an Ugly Girl)

 

"When you love a person, you want to know everything about them, even the bad stuff." ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Confessions Of An Ugly Girl)

 

"It's sort of hard to force yourself to lose weight when the guy you're dating keeps telling you that you're perfect the way you are." ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Confessions Of An Ugly Girl)

 

"Is there a point in your life when your mother starts referring to the men in your life as something other than "boys"?" ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Confessions Of An Ugly Girl)

 

 

“Men don’t want women who obsess over their weight – although, let’s face it, we probably all do on some level.” ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Ugly Girl Ties The Knot)

 

“I think the girls who dream about big weddings are girls who love being looked at and admired.” ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Ugly Girl Ties The Knot)

 

 

“I don’t get why when somebody is really good looking, there’s this compulsion to compare them to an actor or an actress.” ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Ugly Girl Ties The Knot)

 

“Anytime a woman says she’s fat, everyone feels obligated to reassure her that she’s not.” ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Ugly Girl Ties The Knot)

 

“Women who know every wedding dress designer are the same women who actually look good in wedding dresses.” ~~ Alice Wasser (Book: Ugly Girl Ties The Knot)

 

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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Quotes From Ira Trivedi’s India In Love

 



 

“For the first time since the Vedic age one of the central pillars of the Indian society and culture – marriage – is undergoing drastic change as you adults increasing choose to marry on their own terms, not settling for marriages that their families have arranged for them.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Many young Indians from the urban middle class are beginning to believe that love and sex are the only things that matter in relationships, particularly marriage. This unprecedented change in thinking has probably lead to more fulfilling relationships than those of the past, but it has also led to multiple crisis in our society.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Even today, the darkest and most excessive form of sexual perversion and violence could be said to be the manifestation of a society that has been sexually repressed for decades.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“We are never going back to the India of our past. The sexual revolution has begun, it is gaining pace and nothing can stop it.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Indian men may have several ‘issues,’ but a woman with an ‘issue’ is a serious issue.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Marriage is not as economically viable as it once used to be. Changes in tastes, technology and institutional and legal environments have decreased gains from marriage.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“The dreams of the Indian woman are piercing through the walls of the kitchen and the living room, leaving behind rubble, glass and other debris.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“It is ironic that a country like India that has recorded, celebrated and presented love in such a variety of forms shuns the concept of romantic love in modern times.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“In a country with deep-seated traditions of patriarchy, casteism, and family honor, falling in love across caste and community lines is difficult and sometimes even life threatening.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Despite the menacing odds, love and longing in the small towns of India is increasing like never before. Young men and women are braving centuries of social resistance and daring to fall in love across caste lines.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Anonymity also increases with the help of technology. Gone are the days of trunk calls and surreptitious love letters. Cell phones have greatly increases the ability of the individual to control his/her fate and be freed from societal restraints.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Sex talks of any kind usually get flak from some sections of society. Elsewhere in the world, it is always on religious grounds whereas in India it is on “cultural” grounds. Ironically, all this talk issues come forth from the same culture that gave the world the Kama sutra and whose myths have celebrated sexuality over millennia.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Abstinence focused sexual education doesn’t change teenage and adolescent sexual behavior, nor does it delays the age of initiation of sexual activity.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Indian society like many societies the world over, is patrilineal, patriarchal, and patrilocal.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Employment plays a pivotal role in shaping gender identities and gender relations. The employment status of a woman’s partner affects her risk of spousal violence.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

 

“As is well known, women in Indian society are enshrined in religion or spirituality; there they are objectified as goddesses but they are otherwise never seen as harbingers of good luck or necessary to uphold a family’s fortunes. Sons on the other hand are necessary to kindle the funeral pyre of their late parents and to assist in the onward journey of the soul.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“The most apparent reason for the higher divorce rate is the financial independence of Indian women, which allows them to step out of unhappy marriages.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Perhaps the biggest blow to patriarchal society is when a woman makes sexual choice for herself, not just choosing her own partner, but also the gender of that partner.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Homosexuality in India is accepted as long as it does not interfere with reproduction and the family process. Sex and marriage seem to be disconnected – so as long as the son marries and has children, he can do whatever he wants in the bedroom. As long as homosexuality is “masti” or fun, it is okay, but the minute it becomes an identity then it becomes a problem.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“Prostitution may have taken on a new look, but it remains a primeval game. Though, a new form of prostitution is brewing where sex work took place in five-star hotels instead of brothels and girls solicited in night clubs instead of on the streets, the mentality, the economics, the desperation, the addiction and the darkness too were as old as desire.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

“India has the chance of overcome her past prejudices and recognize sexual and marital freedom as a fundamental human right. we may never again be a society devoted to sexual practice as we once were, but we are on our way – however slowly and treacherously – to greater sexual openness, tolerance and freedom.” ~~ Ira Trivedi (Book: India In Love)

 

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