"The absolute bedrock of our independence is having control over our own bodies. You cannot be independent if the government or someone else says whether or not you can use birth control. Unless you're in charge of your body, you're not in charge of anything. I think that's really the bottom line of feminism."

-- Erica Jong

#Independent Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes

“I know life sometimes can get tough! And I know life sometimes can be a drag! But people, we have been given a gift, we have been given a road And that road's name is Rock and Roll!”

Source : "Song: God Gave Rock 'N' Roll To You II (Revenge)". August 22, 1991.
“Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.”
“When you start suppressing feelings at an early age, it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important.”
“Unemployed and dependent - is not as parasite.”
“Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.”

Source : Keith Haring (2010). “Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.105, Penguin
“I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.”
“There are no objective values.”
“This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little box. And one day, I threw them out into the yard. "Oh, it's just a couple little innocent bad days." Well, we had a big rain. I don't know what it was growing in but I think we used to put eggshells out there and coffee grounds, too. Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothin'. They're your days. Choke 'em!”

You may also like:

Anais Nin
Author
Charles Simic
Poet
David Lehman
Poet
Doreen Virtue
Author
Henry Miller
Writer
James Salter
Novelist
Jorie Graham
Poet
Sappho
Lyric poet
Sharon Olds
Poet