"In nature, creatures never ended the lives of others except to survive. To women, abortion was self-defense and preservation of the species. Abortion was not a fancy borne out of the female mind. Abortion was instinct beyond ideas. Abortion was fear (the cat that devours its litter when a predator nears)."

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Source : Ana Castillo (1990). “Sapogonia: (an Anti-romance in 3/8 Meter)”, Bilingual Press

Ana Castillo

#Cat Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Self Quotes

“[Photography] is the non-complacence of the eye. To practice my right to look is also a critical attitude. If I stare at you, I will make you uncomfortable, and culturally we have a difficulty of staring and being stared at.”
“Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.”

Source : "Kathleen Hanna on Bikini Kill, growing up, and being a feminist icon". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. November 20, 2012.
“Life insurance can be numbingly complicated. Clients often turn off their brains and surrender their judgment to the very agent or planner who brought on their coma in the first place.”

Source : Jane Bryant Quinn (2009). “Making the Most of Your Money Now: The Classic Bestseller Completely Revised for the New Economy”, p.335, Simon and Schuster
“The man who can speak acceptably is usually given credit for an ability out of all proportion to what he really possesses.”
“American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future.”
“I made mistakes. My supporters and I failed to prevent a main like [Mikhail] Saakashvili from acquiring absolute power. I should have criticized him earlier on.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It's weird being a photographer because you really have to divorce yourself from the image.”
“Truly, one gets easier accustomed to a silken bed than to a sack of leaves.”

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