“It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak.”

Source: Goodnight Mister Tom

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Michelle Magorian2

English children's writer 1947

Henri de Lubac (1896–1991) Jesuit theologian and cardinal

Part 1. "The Eternal Feminine", Ch. 4, p. 73
The Eternal Feminine (1968)

“KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING ARE QUITE DIFFERENT. Only understanding can lead to being, whereas knowledge is but a passing presence in it.”

G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer

Source: All and Everything: Meetings with Remarkable Men (1963)

“For as long as I can remember, I have always had the feeling of not quite fitting in, not being the same as everyone else.”

Jane Green (1968) British writer

Source: Summer Secrets

“Everyone had a weakness. It was the law of nature that for each being there was a predator, or a disease, or a vulnerability built into their very core.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Bites

“South Korean nationalism is something quite different from the patriotism toward the state that Americans feel. Identification with the Korean race is strong, while that with the Republic of Korea is weak.”

Brian Reynolds Myers (1963) American professor of international studies

2010s, South Korea's Collective Shrug (May 2010)

“When men talk about the agony of being men, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of self-pity. And when women talk about being women, they can never quite get away from the recurrent theme of blaming men.”

Pat Conroy book The Prince of Tides

Source: The Prince of Tides

“Q: Do you find quite a difference between the audience at large and the critics as a group?
A: Well, one is a group of human beings, one is not.”

Edward Albee (1928–2016) American playwright

"Edward Albee : An Interview", in Edward Albee : Planned Wilderness (1980) edited by Patricia De La Fuente, p. 7; a paraphrased form of this statement has often been quoted as "The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not."