“My characterization of a loser is someone who, after making a mistake, doesn’t introspect, doesn’t exploit it, feels embarrassed and defensive rather than enriched with a new piece of information, and tries to explain why he made the mistake rather than moving on. These types often consider themselv…”— Nassim Nicholas Taleb, amazon.com
“The left believes in a hierarchy of victimhood, if you are L.G.B.T.Q., then we suggest that you are very top of the victimhood hierarchy. You have been most victimized in the United States and therefore your opinion must be taken with the most gravitas. ... Black folks have been historically victimi…”— Ben Shapiro, nytimes.com
“Everybody wants to be a victim these days because it makes life so much easier to explain.”— Jack Thorne, Marie Finchley, Julie Walters, imdb.com
“At many levels of human interaction there is the opportunity to conflate discomfort with a threat, to mistake internal anxiety for exterior danger, and in turn to escalate rather than resolve.”— Sarah Schulman, amazon.com
“If every time a man comes onto a woman it is defined as assault or misconduct, then women are rendered perpetual victims, with no power or agency to define or defend themselves.”— Aisha Tyler, twitter.com
“The word “suffer” comes from a Latin word meaning to bear, to carry, or to endure. When we suffer our fate rather than avoiding it, we become actors in our own drama. Suffering becomes part of our personal story, that with which we must wrestle. In the words of Rilke, it is a “harsh hand that kneads…”— Lisa Marchiano, quillette.com
“If anxiety is our chief malady, avoidance is its coddling nurse, always ready to assure us we need not risk confrontation with that which makes us uncomfortable.”— Lisa Marchiano, quillette.com
“An October 2017 New York Times article entitled “Why Are More American Teenagers Than Ever Suffering From Extreme Anxiety?” looked at the rising tide of teen anxiety in the United States. Increasing academic pressures, the advent of smart phones, and ubiquitous social media use were explored as pote…”— Lisa Marchiano, quillette.com
“What about, say, Terry Crews, who is a man who decided to break silence and that shit was major. In this culture of toxic masculinity, men speaking up about their victimhood is revolutionary.”— Luvvie Ajayi, awesomelyluvvie.com
“Do you know what happens when we victimize ourselves? We lose everything that matters. We lose the freedom to change, the grace to rise above, the strength to get up off the couch.”— Erin Loechner, amazon.com