"When I started, there was more of a cultural assumption that many readers would find gay characters irrelevant or repugnant."

-- Carol Anshaw

#Character Quotes #Gay Quotes #Assumption Quotes

“All history has been a history of class struggles between dominated classes at various stages of social development.”

Source : "The Communist Manifesto: A Road Map to History's Most Important Political Document".
“In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. It is there we can see into ourselves.”
“True conformity to the dictates of nature requires reverence for the past and solicitude for the future. 'Nature' is not simply the sensation of the passing moment; it is eternal, though we evanescent men experience only a fragment of it. We have no right to imperil the happiness of posterity by impudently tinkering with the heritage of humanity.”
“Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change.”

Source : Judith Rodin, Margot Brandenburg (2014). “The Power of Impact Investing: Putting Markets to Work for Profit and Global Good”, p.16, Wharton Digital Press
“When I'm on TV, I'm often talking to a conservative host. I may have another conservative arguing with me. You've got very limited time, and you're using 'sound-bite' type language.”
“Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.”
“Well, do you know what I hope for, once I allow myself to begin to hope? [...] That you find in your love for people something not only to work for, but to comfort and restore you when there is a need.”
“Science casts a long black shadow back over who we think we are, and where it falls the temperature falls with it. Its touch is chilly and unforgiving.”

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