Home > Topic > their share
1 " Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. "
― , Pride And Prejudice
2 " Yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets, and I was him too, looking up and wondering. "
3 " As women must be more empowered at work, men must be more empowered at home. I have seen so many women inadvertently discourage their husbands from doing their share by being too controlling or critical. Social scientists call this " maternal gatekeeping" which is a fancy term for " Ohmigod, that's not the way you do it! Just move aside and let me!" ...Anyone who wants her mate to be a true partner must treat him as an equal--and equally capable partner. And if that's note reason enough, bear in mind that a study found that wives who engage in gatekeeping behaviors do five more hours of family work per week than wives who take a more collaborative approach.Another common and counterproductive dynamic occurs when women assign or suggest taks to their partners. She is delegating, and that's a step in the right direction. But sharing responsibility should mean sharing responsibility. Each partner needs to be in charge of specific activities or it becomes too easy for one to feel like he's doing a favor instead of doing his part. "
4 " As an undergraduate student in psychology, I was taught that multiple personalities were a very rare and bizarre disorder. That is all that I was taught on ... It soon became apparent that what I had been taught was simply not true. Not only was I meeting people with multiplicity; these individuals entering my life were normal human beings with much to offer. They were simply people who had endured more than their share of pain in this life and were struggling to make sense of it. "
― Deborah Bray Haddock , The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook
5 " Sometimes lightning struck twice; sometimes, one person got more than their share of suffering. "
― Rob Thomas , Mr. Kiss and Tell (Veronica Mars, #2)
6 " Close your eyes, Maxon." What?" " Close your eyes.Somewhere in this palace, there is a woman who will be your wife. This girl? imagine that she depends on you. She needs you to cherish her and make her feel like the Selection didn't even happen. Like if you were dropped in your own out in the middle of the country to wander around door to door, she's still the one you would have found. She was always the one you would have picked. She needs you to provide for her and protect her. And if it came to a point where there was absolutely nothing to eat, and you couldn't even fall asleep at night because the sound of her stomach growling kept you awake—" " Stop it!" " Sorry." " Is that really what it's like? Out there... does that happen? Are people hungry like that a lot?" " Maxon, I..." " Tell me the truth." " Yes. That happens. I know of families where people give up their share for their children or siblings. I know of a boy who was whipped in the town square for stealing food. Sometimes you do crazy things when you are desperate." " A boy? How old?" " Nine." " Have you ever been like that? Starving?...How bad?" " Maxon, it will only upset you more." " Probably, but I'm only starting to realize how much I don't know about my own country. Please." " We've been pretty bad. Most time if it gets to where we have to choose, we keep the food and lose electricity. The worst was when it happened near Christmas one year. May didn't understand why we couldn't exchange gifts. As a general rule, there are never any leftovers at my house. Someone always wants more. I know the checks we've gotten over the last few weeks have really helped, and my family is really smart about money. I'm sure they have already tucked it away so it will stretch out for a long time. You've done so much for us, Maxon." " Good God. When you said that you were only here for the food, you weren't kidding, were you?" " Really, Maxon, we've been doing pretty well lately. I—" " I'll see you at dinner. "
7 " How would you complete with people who are more talented, more popular, who get better training, better mentoring and who get their share of luck, without some luck? "
8 " She wanted to ask about the McCaffreys' children, but the question seemed too personal. Westerners were private sorts, in Evangeline's judgment, with more than their share of secrets. " It scares me a little," she confessed. " The idea of being so alone, I mean." June-bug favored her with another smile. " Bein' alone ain't necessarily bad, you know. A person can come to understand herself real well that way. Some folks pass their whole lives without learnin' a thing about their own minds and spirits, but out here, all you've got to do is pay attention. "
9 " ...the real danger does not stem from those who seek to grab their share of wealth through force, or from those who try to defend their property through violence, for both of these groups, by their affirmative acts, support the values of the system in which they live. The millions that I would fear are those who do not dream of the prizes that the nation holds forth, for it is in them, though they may not know it, that a revolution has taken place and is building its time to translate itself into a new and strange way of life. "
― Richard Wright
10 " If I were a member of the class that rules, I would post men in all the neighborhoods of the nation, not to spy upon or club rebellious workers, not to break strikes or disrupt unions, but to ferret out those who no longer respond to the system in which they live. I would make it known that the real danger does not stem from those who seek to grab their share of wealth through force, or from those who try to defend their property through violence, for both of these groups, by their affirmative acts, support the values of the system in which they live. The millions that I would fear are those who do not dream of the prizes that the nation holds forth, for it is in them, though they may not know it, that a revolution has taken place and is biding its time to translate itself into a new and strange way of life. "
― Richard Wright , Black Boy
11 " I never studied on fighting demons, but that don't mean I aim to let this one defeat us. The dark ones have their share of limitations too. "
― Erik Bundy , Magic and Murder Among the Dwarves (Crying Woman Road #1)
12 " Advertising holding companies used to boast about their share of the advertising market. Now they are proud of how much of their business is not in advertising. "
13 " Despite the rigid classicism of the famous Paris Opera school and company, the French have done more than their share to unmoor la Danse from its traditions and standards. "
14 " Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. "