There was a war going on in our house. A silent war that sounded no guns, and the bodies that fell were only wishes that died and the bullets were only words and the blood that spilled was always called pride.
Interpretation
This quote illustrates the struggle and conflict within a family hidden beneath the surface, emphasizing emotional pain and the harm caused by unspoken words.
Virginia C. Andrews describes the insidious nature of conflict within the domestic sphere. The quote portrays a metaphorical war, highlighting that the most injurious battles often occur silently, with words serving as weapons and unfulfilled desires leading to emotional casualties. It evokes the pain of unexpressed emotions and the pride that prevents healing, suggesting that familial relationships can be fraught with tensions that are not always visible but deeply felt.
In practice
This quote can be used in a family counseling session to illustrate the hidden tensions that often exist in households.
Love, how often that word came up in books over and over again. If you had wealth and health, and beauty and talent...you had nothing if you didn't have love. Love changed all that was ordinary into something giddy, powerful, drunken, enchanted.
After it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and praising your promise and future, after the years of schooling, fitting yourself into different size desks, memorizing, reciting, reporting, and performing for jury after jury of teachers, counselors, and administrators, you still feel inadequate, alone, vulnerable, and naked in a world that can be unforgiving and terribly demanding.
No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor.
The elephant, not only the largest but the most intelligent of animals, provides us with an excellent example. It is faithful and tenderly loving to the female of its choice, mating only every third year and then for no more than five days, and so secretly as never to be seen, until, on the sixth day, it appears and goes at once to wash its whole body in the river, unwilling to return to the herd until thus purified. Such good and modest habits are an example to husband and wife.
I couldn't see how we could seriously struggle without having a strong sense of collectivity, without being responsible FOR each other and TO each other.
I was born Roman, and I'll die Roman. I'll never leave this team or my city.
Members of India's diaspora, living in distant lands of the world, my good wishes to all of you. You may be far away from India, but you are always close to our hearts.
Men have always been gentlemen to me - responsible people with healthy attitudes.
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