Clichés, stock phrases, adherence to conventional, standardized codes of expression and conduct have the socially recognized function of protecting us against reality, that is, against the claim on our thinking attention that all events and facts make by virtue of their existence.
Hannah ArendtRaging crime, class warfare, invasive immigrants, light morals, public misbehavior. Always we convince ourselves that the parade of unwelcome and despised is a new phenomenon, which is why the phrase "the good old days" has passed from cliché to self-parody.
Anna QuindlenTag: society morals self-deception prejudice class-warfare immigration crime cliches parody social-change xenophobia social-norms exclusion nostaliga
My life as well as my writing are guided by creed in lieu of clichés Carl Henegan
Carl HeneganShe looked so disappointed, so grieved and desperate that Clem longed to comfort her, only he couldn't think of thing to say that she hadn't heard a hundred times from Dad and Dr. Snow and Mrs. Mack: how things would get better in time, though no one knew how much time, and that life might be a little better for her and Jess once school began again.
Judith ClarkeTag: loss cliches comforting
And sometimes, even though Dad said Dr. Snow was the best psychologist in the city and a very famous man, Jess thought there were things he didn't know either. "Time heals all wounds," he'd said to them once, his voice so soft and thoughtful he could have been talking to himself. It had seemed a cruel thing to say, though Jess knew he hadn't meant to be unkind. Vida had been really angry with him.
"No, it doesn't!" she shouted. "You're wrong! It doesn't!
Tag: cliches psychologist counseling
One of the more ignominious features of love was that you could only express it with cliches...it made you sound like a fraud at a time when you were blazing with sincerity.
Lisa KleypasClichés can be quite fun. That's how they got to be clichés.
Alan BennettTag: humor wisdom writing cliches
You're a kid. I didn't know we taught kids manners anymore.
Christine AmsdenTag: science-fiction dystopia immortality cliches
A cliche is a cliche because it works
Feige GornishTag: writing cliches critisism
I know, I know…there’s something cliché about that. The heroine initially wanting to clobber a protagonist male, but later realizing that he’s grown on her and she actually really likes him. Technically, I’m not supposed to find that appealing. But maybe real life is a lot more cliché than anyone wants to admit. Or maybe there’s just a fine, subjective line between the cliché and the poetic.
Angela N. BlountTag: inspirational love romantic poetic romance cliches cliche
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