"There is one common condition for the lot of women in Western civilization and all other civilizations that we know about for certain, and that is, woman as a sex is disliked and persecuted, while as an individual she is liked, loved, and even, with reasonable luck, sometimes worshipped."

-- Rebecca West

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“Another question a biblically literate reporter might have asked is, "Why are you proclaiming the Ten Commandments when you believe no one can live up to all of them?"”
“You are always factoring in the economy within the process of creating something, and making decisions that seem both fearless and full of fear.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“The perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable.”
“I'm King Of The World!!!”
“Life is not meant to be a burden. Life is not a problem to be solved. It is a blessing to be celebrated.”
“It is the prayer of my innermost being to realize my supreme identity in the liberated play of consciousness, the Vast Expanse. Now is the moment, Here is the place of Liberation.”
“Heimat. The word mean home in German, the place where one was born. But the term also conveys a subtler nuance, a certain tenderness. One's Heimat is not merely a matter of geography; it is where one's heart lies.”

Source : Jenna Blum, Maggie O'Farrell, Molly Gloss, Nicole Mones, Elizabeth Benedict (2010). “The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels”, p.466, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Bliss is not a feeling but a state of being. In the state of bliss, everything is loved.”

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