"We've surrounded the most vital and commonplace human function with a vast morass of taboos, convention, hypocrisy, and plain claptrap."

-- Ilka Chase

#Sex Quotes #Hypocrisy Quotes #Conventions Quotes

“Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls!”

Source : "ASAP Rocky’s Misguided Beauty Advice, Rapper Says Dark Skin Girls Shouldn’t Wear Red Lipstick" by Julee Wilson, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2013.
“Once you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of your culture, youâ€™ll never stop being conscious of it. Wherever you go for the rest of your life, youâ€™ll be tempted to say to the people around you, â€œhow can you listen to this stuff and not recognize it for what it is?”

Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Ishmael: A Novel”, p.37, Bantam
“I saw you standing on a veranda you'd built with your own hands. And I loved you.”
“It's a very salutary thing to realize that the rather dull universe in which most of us spend most of our time is not the only universe there is. I think it's healthy that people should have this experience.”
“In the spirit of faith let us begin each day, and we shall be sure to " redeem the time " which it brings to us, by changing it into something definite and eternal. There is a deep meaning in this phrase of the apostle, to redeem time. We redeem time, and do not merely use it. We transform it into eternity by living it aright.”
“I am like a table that eats its own legs off because itâ€™s fallen in love with the floor.”

Source : Cate Marvin (2007). “Fragment of the Head of a Queen: Poems”
“I was always cast doing something athletic. I can't do a cartwheel.”
“Try to look at the bigger picture. The majority of people you date will not be your destination. They were meant to be a bridge. So find the lesson, the growth opportunity so you don't have to keep repeating your pattern and crossing that same bridge over and over again. Once you learn what you need to learn and become more self-aware and emotionally healthy, you will then cross another bridge, and one day you'll get to your destination.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com

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