"Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way."

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Judith Butler

#Promise Quotes #Way Quotes

“The night doesn't say to itself, 'Here comes a shooting star to interrupt my peace!'”

Source : Daniel Odier (1997). “Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
“Tell me, was it you or your brother who was killed in the war?”
“I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.”

Source : Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.16, Ballantine Books
“Be frugal of your time. It is one of the best jewels we have.”

Source : Matthew Hale, Gilbert Burnet (1700). “Contemplations, Moral and Divine: In Two Parts”, p.289
“We are all tempted, Mma. We are all tempted when it comes to cake.”
“Always respond to every impulse to pray. The impulse to pray may come when you are reading or when you are battling with a text. I would make an absolute law of this: always obey such an impulse.”

Source : Martyn Lloyd-Jones (2012). “Preaching and Preachers”, p.90, Hachette UK
“We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.”
“I never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person. Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks worked for the farmers. I hoed cotton with them. Iâ€™m with the blacks, because weâ€™re white trash. Weâ€™re going across the field. Theyâ€™re singing and happy. I never heard one of them, one black person, say, â€˜I tell you what: These doggone white peopleâ€™â€”not a word! Pre-entitlement, pre-welfare, you say: Were they happy? They were godly; they were happy; no one was singing the blues.”

Source : "What the Duck?". Interview with Drew Magary, www.gq.com. December 17, 2013.

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