#rubbish

A plain, brown paper-wrapped package came in the mail recently. Upon opening it, I saw that it was a patchwork quilt about four feet by five feet. Many little scraps of cloth, carefully joined by loving hands. Two squares have suggestions of a black cassock and Roman white collar. The maker of the quilt states, “In its variety, I feel it denotes confusion and the world “mixed” up. There are dark spots for the dark times and bright squares, so, hopefully, some good and brightness will come in the future. The other pieces of cloth were of happy times, mothers and children, peaceful settings, happy things.” A note inside stated that she felt we were “scraps,”—the “scraps” that the abusive priests treated us like. They would use us as a scrap is used and then simply toss us aside. I was moved to tears. Holding it in my hands, I could almost feel others' pain and suffering, as I touched each panel. It is a magnificent work, worthy of a prize. I was deeply humbled by the receipt of the quilt. This woman got it; she really got it. This woman got it; she really got it. She has a deeper understanding of what we have gone through. It is rare. ↗

— Charles L. Bailey Jr.

#catholic-church #child-abuse #clergy-abuse #hope #pain

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#dad #had #him #his #music

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise. ↗

— Robert South

#aristotle #athens #paradise #rubbish #rudiments

Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#gets #i #i think #much #personally

Every single time you make a merger, somebody is losing his identity. And saying something different is just rubbish. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#every #his #identity #just #losing

There has been so much rubbish written up in the papers over the years. ↗

— Ronald Biggs

#much #over #papers #rubbish #up

I've done the most awful rubbish in order to have somewhere to go in the morning. ↗

— Richard Burton

#done #go #i #morning #most

There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag. ↗

— Adrian Edmondson

#beneath #childish #doubting #effectiveness #gag

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish! ↗

— E. M. Forster

#gracious #logic #rubbish

OK, I wasn't as successful as, say, Julia Roberts, but I'd spent years in a very respectable career, some big American films but a host of other smaller, really exciting, maybe experimental films, being paid rubbish but working with fine people, that was what I thought I was known for. ↗

— Joely Richardson

#american films #being #big #career #exciting