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“(Kaylee) Tell me I'm pretty, Wash.(Wash) Were I unwed I would take you in a manly fashion.(kaylee) Because I'm pretty?(Wash) Because you're pretty.”
“I want to tie one thousand balloons around my neckand float upwhile slowly dying of happiness.”
“Arleens children did not always have a home. They did not always have food. Arleen was not always able to offer them stability; stability cost too much. She was not always able to protect them from...”
“Only--but this is rare--When a beloved hand is laid in ours,When, jaded with the rush and glareOf the interminable hours, Our eyes can in another's eyes read clear,When our world-deafen'd earIs by ...”
“Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.”
“Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.”
“The beauty of Catholicism is every human being's right.”
“A free American girl can accommodate herself to circumstances without the aid of a man. -Nellie Bly”
“After the period of sex-attraction has passed, women have no power in America. -Elizabeth Bisland”
“The moment that we are aware of our thoughts we are present. It takes no-mind to recognize our thoughts because mind and no-mind can not co-existPresence and Mind can not co-exist. So therefor pres...”
“Only use the mind for practical ways in life. Use your deep inner body energy, observation and breath to glide through life.”
“True Happiness is a state of the mind. Things that we acquire can make us momentarily happy but will not give us true freedom from our unhappiness.”
“See, the world is narrowing. We each live in a bubble of attitude. Everything tailored for us. No happenstance, only what I already am and know. At a certain point I find my shape is less here.' A ...”
“Youre an English major, aren't you? Hey! Immediately retreating, Keith swatted at him with a dishcloth. Leave my brain alone. Its resting. Sorry, sorry. He leaned away, hands up to display his surr...”
“There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.”
“Guilt, did I say? In what consists ours, unless in the opinion of an ill-judging world?”
“Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent i...”
“One's sovereignty over the land is expressed most powerfully in the act of banishment. Perhaps the first eviction recorded in human history was Adam and Eve's.”
“Historically, the coupling of president and Speaker has been a tricky one that encourages a choreography both quick-footed and wary”
“No matter the feelings. You can transform the energy of your emotions into your power.”
