"â€¦though I wouldnâ€™t have admitted it, even to myself, I didnâ€™t want God aboard. He was too heavy. I wanted Him approving from a considerable distance. I didnâ€™t want to be thinking of Him. I wanted to be freeâ€”like Gypsy. I wanted life itself, the color and fire and loveliness of life. And Christ now and then, like a loved poem I could read when I wanted to. I didnâ€™t want us to be swallowed up in God. I wanted holidays from the school of Christ."

-- Sheldon Vanauken

#Distance Quotes #School Quotes #Holiday Quotes

“I built my entire life on the idea of independence.”

Source : "First Lady Without a Portfolio (or a Ring) Seeks Her Own Path" by Maïa de la Baume, www.nytimes.com. May 15, 2012.
“From time immemorial History has decreed that territory on this Planet Earth belongs to those powerful enough to take it and determined enough to keep it.”
“Feminism's ultimate success is that we don't need it anymore.”

Source : "Friday Interview: Has Feminism Outlived Its Usefulness?". Interview with Mitch Kokai, www.carolinajournal.com. June 3, 2011.
“That was the most offensive thing I've ever seen in 20 years of teaching - and that includes an elementary school production of hair.”
“People are always telling me that i'm not like other girls...that i dont dress like other girls...that i dont act like other girls. But i'm my OWN person...i go to the beat of my own drum.”
“I love to write quartets. One could say that this is a mania.”
“The time for compromise has now passed, and the South is determined to maintain her position, and make all who oppose her smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel.”
“When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways--either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.”

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