Problematic Quotes

“She needs a new journal. The one she has is problematic. To get to the present, she needs to page through the past, and when she does, she remembers things, and her new journal entries become, for the most part, reactions to the days she regrets, wants to correct, rewrite.”
― Dave Eggers, How the Water Feels to the Fishes

“Emotional predictive profiling may help identify contingent fissures in the stature of endangered relationships. Still and all, it might be wise to let the genie out of problematic bottles in the first place, in advance of scouting the causes of surreptitious subliminal convulsions. ("Beware of the neighbor")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“The problem with the ‘herd’ is that our voice is never ‘heard’.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Unfortunately the wife he got was weak and a slut, something he would never allow himself to have.”
― R.L. Mathewson, Without Regret

“In contrast to the silent, accommodating woman, a man who feels powerless to use his voice violates our very definition of what it means to be a man. Consequently, he may then seek to prove his manhood in the most problematic ways: by being tough and aggressive, by acting up and acting out, or by removing himself emotionally from his relationships. He may be in a relationship where no one is going to tell him what to do, meaning he won’t allow himself to be influenced or even moved by his partner. These are common male responses to feeling utterly helpless to right things through conversation or to speak with clarity, strength, and resolve.”
― Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.

“Pooping became problematic during the hurricane Ian disaster.”
― Steven Magee

“I did customer service for a company. I hated it, as the customers knew they were building problematic systems!”
― Steven Magee

“I find police internal affairs feigning problematic police officers are just doing their jobs to be a very dangerous activity they engage in!”
― Steven Magee

“You might have a crush on a rock star. You might have a crush on a teacher or your cousin or your friend's big brother.”
― Nancy Holyoke; Illustrator-Elisa Chavarri , A Smart Girl's Guide to Boys: Surviving Crushes, Staying True to Yourself & Other Stuff

“What’s your favorite food?”

“Pad Thai,” he says. “Yours?”

“Sushi. They’re almost the same thing.”

“Not even close,” he says.

“They’re both Asian food.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9