"Your woodlot is, in fact, an historical document which faithfully records your personal philosophy."

-- Aldo Leopold

#Philosophy Quotes #Historical Quotes #Records Quotes

“How does one happen to write a poem: where does it come from? That is the question asked by the psychologists or the geneticists of poetry.”

Source : allen tate (1953). “the man of letters in the modern world”
“I know how guys talk, so I'm not easily offended. Guys can fight and be best friends five minutes later. Women have to air it out, hold on to it, work on it.”
“Democracy, or "majority rules," is another trick of our society to force us to do things we don't want to do. Even if we actually lived in a pure democracy (and the system we do live in is not even close), where everyone got a single vote on every subject, forcing the minority to obey the majority is no different to one man, if he had the power, forcing everyone else to do what he wanted them to-simply because he could.”
“Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and then forgotten in a weekâ€™s time.”
“I don't let myself get upset about the little nitpicky things anymore.”
“Cultural expectations shade and color the images that parents-to-be form. The baby product ads, showing a woman serenely holding her child, looking blissfully and mysteriously contented, or the television parents, wisely and humorously solving problems, influence parents-to-be.”

Source : Ellen Galinsky (1981). “Between generations: the six stages of parenthood”, Smithmark Pub
“If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.”
“What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me? What have they done to me?”

Source : Sarah Kane (1998). “Crave”, Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

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