"No woman who is a woman says of a human body, 'it is nothing' ... On this one point, and on this point alone, the knowledge of woman, simply as woman, is superior to that of man; she knows the history of human flesh; she knows its cost; he does not."

-- Olive Schreiner

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“When a vision comes from the thunder beings of the west, it comes with terror like a thunder storm; but when the storm of vision has passed, the world is greenier and happier; for wherever the truth of vision comes upon the world, it is like a rain. The world, you see, is happier after the terror of the storm.”

Source : "Black Elk Speaks : being the life story of a holy man of the Ogalala Sioux" by John Neihardt, 1961.
“There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.”

Source : Ken Follett (2011). “Ken Follett Three Bestsellers”, p.1216, Penguin
“Let us see what tomorrow will bring us? Will it be joy and triumph, chaos and glory, love and growth, or victory and success?”
“She is not old, she is not young, The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue. The haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned words that wildly fly, The famished face, the fevered hand, Who slights the worthiest in the land, Sneers at the just, contemns the brave, And blackens goodness in its grave.”

Source : William Watson (1909). “New Poems”
“There's a special place in heaven for caregivers.”
“I think it's really important to teach our children about their lineage and it especially makes a difference if you share that information while they're young.”
“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.”

Source : "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". Book by Dee Brown. Chapter 12, 1970.
“The poet represents the mind in the act of defending us against itself.”

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