When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes. (Christopher Lasch)
Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices
Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices. (Andy Stanley, Ask It: The Question That Will Revolutionize How You Make Decisions)
In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained the case in most well-heeled homes up until at least the time of the First World War
In the mystifying world that was Victorian parenthood, obedience took precedence over all considerations of affection and happiness, and that odd, painful conviction remained the case in most well-heeled homes up until at least the time of the First World War. (Bill Bryson, At Home: A Short History of Private Life)
Spirit is the real and eternal matter is the unreal and the temporal
Spirit is the real and eternal matter is the unreal and the temporal. (Mary Baker Eddy)
The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever
The most valuable thing we can do for the psyche, occasionally, is to let it rest, wander, live in the changing light of room, not try to be or do anything whatever (May Sarton)
How can something as necessary as breathing be immoral? – Susan Scott, Dragons Will Fall
How can something as necessary as breathing be immoral? – Susan Scott, Dragons Will Fall
Dream your dream. Follow your heart. Imagine. Listen to the wind. Drink sunsets. Be free. Let the wonder never cease. Believe. Wish on EVERY star. Create adventure. Be kind
Dream your dream. Follow your heart. Imagine. Listen to the wind. Drink sunsets. Be free. Let the wonder never cease. Believe. Wish on EVERY star. Create adventure. Be kind (Debbie Coulter)
[Rape is] nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear
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[Rape is] nothing more or less than a conscious process of intimidation by which all men keep all women in a state of fear (Susan Brownmiller, Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape)
The ‘stream’ we call science always flows forward; sometimes reactionary beavers block its flow, but the stream is never defeated by this; it accumulates, gathers strength; its waters get over the barrage and continue on their course. The advancement of science is the advancement of God, for science is nothing but human intelligence, and human intelligence is the most valuable treasure God has bequeathed us
The ‘stream’ we call science always flows forward; sometimes reactionary beavers block its flow, but the stream is never defeated by this; it accumulates, gathers strength; its waters get over the barrage and continue on their course. The advancement of science is the advancement of God, for science is nothing but human intelligence, and human intelligence is the most valuable treasure God has bequeathed us (Mehmet Murat ildan, Galileo Galilei)
Her legs are two rivers, and the delta where they bleed into each other is the well of ecstasy
Her legs are two rivers, and the delta where they bleed into each other is the well of ecstasy. (J.Y. Tacheva, How We Fall in Love: The Tale Scheherazade Didn’t Tell)