"Women gain social influence through their roles as mothers, transmitters of culture, and parents for the next generation."

-- Patricia Hill Collins

#Mother Quotes #Parent Quotes #Generations Quotes

“That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.”

Source : Gish Jen (2014). “Typical American”, p.54, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“When you absolutely don't know what to do anymore, it is time to panic”
“Atheism is a very positive affirmation of man's ability to think for himself, to do for himself, to find answers to his own problems.”
“In France there are, I think, less than one per cent of people who are too skinny.”
“And though you think the world is at your feet, it can rise up and tread on you.”
“We have less civil liberties than we had on 9/ 1 1 in some significant ways. But we are also, I believe, less safe as a result in many instances of the sacrifice in human rights, civil liberties, and the rule of law that (the Bush) administration has adopted.”

Source : Source: www.theislamicmonthly.com
“Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to.”
“We each need to make peace with our own memories. We have all done things that make us flinch.”

Source : Lama Surya Das (2010). “Awakening To The Sacred”, p.104, Random House

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