A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.
Phyllis BottomeOur responsibility to ourselves comes first -- because in a sense what one is oneself is the responsibility that one has for others!
Phyllis BottomeNeither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it.
Phyllis Bottomeit must depend as much upon the patient's willingness to be cured, as upon the physician's skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry.
Phyllis BottomeKnowledge cannot be changed, but the use to which it may be put can very easily be changed.
Phyllis Bottomeall daughters, even when most aggravated by their mothers, have a secret respect for them. They believe perhaps that they can do everything better than their mothers can, and many things they can do better, but they have not yet lived long enough to be sure how successfully they will meet the major emergencies of life, which lie, sometimes quite creditably, behind their mothers.
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