"An encounter with god or with the transcendent, per se, can only occur when we experience the violent side of god."

“I sometimes wish we could have, over the next five or ten years, a lot of horrid things happening-you know, like tornadoes in the Midwest and so forth-that would get people very concerned about climate change.”

“The facts of life are very stubborn things.”

“I always say that you know when an Italian plane has landed at an airport because the men look uber-stylish, theyÂ’ve got scarves on and suits.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

“Keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.”

Source : Cameron Dokey, Tracy Lynn, Liz Braswell (2015). “Once Again: Snow; Beauty Sleep”, p.351, Simon and Schuster

“I wanted to make feminism more accessible. And I really wanted to engage with my own generation, one that is increasingly speaking in an audio/video multimedia language.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

“The song of the curved line is called happiness.”

“The dinner party is a suburban form of entertainment. Its spread in our big cities represents an insidious Fifth Column suburbanization of the metropolis.”

“The agony of lovers burns with the fire of passion. Lovers leave traces of where they've been. The wailing of broken hearts is the doorway to God.”