Here's one I like: Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice: “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” btw this idea is so thoughtful of you ☺ I'll pray for her healing 🙏 ❤ More on reddit.com

Some classic Ms.Frizzle quotes! “Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!” “As my old parachute instructor used to say, look before you leap, and never jump to conclusions.” “If you keep asking questions, you'll keep getting answers.” “As I always say, for every trip, there's a road map.” More on reddit.com

I really like the use of the word affinity, that's very good. Thank you for sharing. My SO and I have our family of two where we get to define our own culture. I use a combination of Seth Godin's definition of culture: "People like us, do things like this" and Brené Brown's definition of boundaries : "what's okay and what's not okay" for our own definition: "People like us do things like this, and not like that." We are all part of many overlapping cultures. In the culture my SO and I have created, we are conscious about defining boundaries for what's okay and what's not okay. We revisit and negotiate what's okay and what's not okay often. Circumstances, context, and nuance matter. Circumstances change and boundaries may have to change as well. Toxic cultures often have harsh, inflexible rules that protect abusers, enablers, and bullies; while silencing victims. I grew up in a very toxic Midwestern culture with a very narrow view of "acceptable human". Fake niceness, " fit-in ", or else... It sucks that abusers, enablers, and bullies seem to have an affinity for each other. More on reddit.com

That is so cute! These are some of my favorite ones about love and family:

"That's the funny thing about marriage. You fall in love with this extraordinary person, and over time, they begin to seem ordinary."

-Phil

"We do strange things for the people we love. We lie to them, we lie for them. There may be some bumps along the way, but we never stop wanting the best for them. That's what makes it such a tough job. Kind of the best job in the world."

-Claire

"There are dreamers and there are realists in this world. You'd think the dreamers would find the dreamers and the realists would find the realists, but more often than not the opposite is true. You see, the dreamers need the realists to keep them from soaring too close to the sun. And the realists, well without the dreamers, they might not ever get off the ground."
-Cam

Quoted from: https://transcripts.foreverdreaming.org

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