"Children crawl before they walk, walk before they run--each generally a precondition for the other. And with each step they take toward more independence, more mastery of the environment, their mothers take a step away--each a small separation, a small distancing."

-- Lillian B. Rubin

#Mother Quotes #Running Quotes #Children Quotes

“Feminism is not a rulebook, but a discussion, a conversation, a process.”
“A large wildlife book, start to finish, could take one to two years, but then I would expect to get several good (nature) magazine features off the back of this, plus of course a lot of stock.”
“I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.”
“All men seek esteem; the best by lifting themselves, which is hard to do, the rest by shoving others down, which is much easier.”
“Look at it! It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, man! Let me go out there and let me get one wave, just one wave before you take me in. I mean, come on man, where I am I gonna go? Cliffs on both sides! I'm not gonna paddle my way to New Zealand! Come on, compadre. Come on!”
“Wars are not all evil, they are part of the grand machinery by which this world is governed.”
“My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.”

Source : Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase (1979). “Life is a Banquet”
“If I am an empress, he is the only man worthy of being my emperor.”

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