Mary Garden Quotes

Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for s*x underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse.

Reading Stephen King’s book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema.

My inner critic who had begun piping up about how hopeless I was and how I didn’t know to write.

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.

My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer’s block, as if it was some kind of illness.

It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was their bad karma and they must have hurt a child in a past life.