"It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural desire"

-- John L. Dagg

#Mind Quotes #Desire Quotes #Dominion Quotes

“Once we begin to appreciate that the apparent destructiveness of the toddler in taking apart a flower or knocking down sand castles is in fact a constructive effort to understand unity, we are able to revise our view of the situation, moving from reprimand and prohibition to the intelligent channeling of his efforts and the fostering of discovery.”
“I thought you'd have the decency to change. But babe, I guess you didn't take that warning, cause I'm not about to look at your face again.”
“Sloth is the fastest-growing lifestyle movement in the world, and that's because it is completely doable. If you embrace sloth, it's the last thing you'll ever have to do again.”

Source : Wendy Wasserstein (2005). “Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins”, p.19, Oxford University Press on Demand
“Home was not the place where you were born but the place you created yourself, where you did not need to explain, where you finally became what you were.”
“I donâ€™t want to love himâ€”this would be so much simpler if I didnâ€™t. But I do. Heâ€™s funny, and passionate, and strong, and he believes in me more than I even believe in myself. When he looks at me, I feel like I could take on the whole world and come out standing tall. I like myself better when Iâ€™m with him, because of how he sees me. He makes me feel beautiful and powerful, like Iâ€™m the most important thing in the world, and I donâ€™t know how to walk away from that. I donâ€™t know how to walk away from him.”
“I'd most likely be a helicopter pilot, or I'd own a really cool surf hotel somewhere on a beach.”
“I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more valuable.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The goths are beautiful, a vast depth of subcultural, aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion...the costume without the brain.”

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