"When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere."

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Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.49, Vintage

Jenny Offill

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #Said Quotes

“We shouldn't be fearful of freedom, we shouldn't be fearful of individual liberty.”
“I thought I did until I looked at some old game films. (When asked if he played college football)”
“I think Im extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like youre getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that. Im working through it, which is good. As an actor, I think that you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.”
“Animals on factory farms all face pain and fear, just like the animals we share our homes with, yet are repeatedly abused in shocking ways.”
“Things have gotten so nasty in Washington.”
“Let us savour the swift delights of the most beautiful of our days!”
“At the end of the day, we have to write music that makes us happy and the day that we stop loving what we doâ€¦weâ€™ll quit.”
“Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.”

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