"We're trained to see only male or female and to plot people into those categories when they actually don't fit neatly at all. But if we pause, watch and listen closely we'll see the multiplicity of ways in which people are sexed and gendered. There exists a range of personal identifications around woman, man, in-between-we don't even have names or pronouns that reflect that in between place but people certainly live in it."

-- Minnie Bruce Pratt

#Men Quotes #Names Quotes #People Quotes

“The idea of the writer/producer in television is much younger than people think it is.”
“Thatâ€™s how we often react when grace comes at us. Itâ€™s awkward. God offers us something thatâ€™s too good to be trueâ€”unearned, unmerited, total forgivenessâ€”and we stand there, stiff and uncomfortable, waiting for the embrace to stop so we can get back to the business of earning our way into heaven. We need to embrace grace. We need to learn how to hug back.”
“Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.”
“We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.”
“The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.”
“People only see in us the contemptible skirt-fever which rules our actions but completely miss the beauty-hunger underlying it.”
“It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before.”
“Romantic Love delivers us into the passionate arms of someone who will ultimately trigger the same frustrations we had with our parents, but for the best possible reason! Doing so brings our childhood wounds to the surface so they can be healed.”

Source : Harville Hendrix, Helen LaKelly Hunt (2013). “Making Marriage Simple: Ten Relationship-Saving Truths”, p.21, Harmony

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