"We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brothers winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips."

-- Ann Hood

#Girl Quotes #Mother Quotes #Brother Quotes

“The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.”
“Being crazy isn't enough.”
“Police are not all bad guys. Nobody is all bad guys.”
“The greatest million dollar insight I can give anybody is find a big problem and then solve it in a big way.”
“If we don't change, if the egoic consciousness continues, I don't believe that humanity as a species can survive, or at least human civilization can survive, for another hundred years.”
“Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.”

Source : Okakura Kakuzo (2000). “The Book of Tea the Illustrated Classic Edition”, p.1, Tuttle Publishing
“As for the ridiculous fear of making things below one's potential abilities... No, there is the root of the evil. There is the hiding place of stupidity I must attack: vain mortal, you are limited by nothing...”
“Paul Ryan is a nationally tested leader that is widely known and respected.”

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