"While analyzing so many people I realized the constant need of a mother, or a father, or a god (the same thing) is really immaturity. It is a childish need, a human need, but so universal that I can see how it gave birth to all religions."

-- Anais Nin

#Mother Quotes #Father Quotes #People Quotes

“Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to the business of reforming Nigeria, and the search for solutions.”
“You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.”
“If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.”
“Sometimes, you gotta believe something crazy. Because all the other things you could believe hurt too much.”

Source : Pat Murphy (2008). “The Wild Girls”, p.36, Penguin
“Sublime Philosophy! Thou art the patriarch's ladder, reaching heaven; And bright with beckoning angelsÂ—but alas! We see thee, like the patriarch, but in dreams, By the first step, dull slumbering on the earth.”
“Too many of us feel that we have to be perfect, in order to be loved.”

Source : Crystal Renn (2009). “Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves”, p.114, Simon and Schuster
“Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself- your strengths and your limitations -in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.”
“I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.”

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