Authentic

Famous quotes containing the word authentic:

    “The tension to mother the “right” way can leave a peculiar silence within mother daughter relationships—the silence of a mother’s own truth and experience. Within this silence, a daughter’s authentic voice can also fall silent. This is the silence of perfection. This silence of perfection prevents mothers from listening and learning from their daughters.”
    —Elizabeth Debold (20th century)

    “Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.”
    —Mary Pipher (20th century)

    “As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.”
    —Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)