"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you as anything less than a cultivated woman."

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Source : Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.128, Random House

Lisa See

#May Quotes #Desperate Quotes

“Terrorist threats are not happening just in this country, but in every European country and every country across the globe. As a result of that, we do sometimes have to take measures we would rather not take in order to give us the security we need.”
“I am a demonstrative man, a baby picker-upper, a hugger and a kisser--that's my nature.”
“Isn't it interesting that we place deadbolt locks on our doors to keep evil influences out and then allow and even invite evil influences into our home through television.”
“Art has always had as its test in the long term the ability to speak to our innermost selves.”
“Any little bit of experimenting in self-nurturance is very frightening for most of us.”
“People have been voting to choose their leader but their votes were never allowed to COUNT, I will not allow the choice of the people to be subverted by any party, not even APC”
“Most people, if they think at all about the dictionary, think of it as this fixed object given to us from on high. It is the thing that legitimizes language and makes language real. You never think that it's actually compiled by living, breathing nerds like me. When you realize that it's compiled by people, it becomes a different thing, a different kind of document.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I think Pope Francis is a good shepherd and has great experience in following people in joyful, but also distressing situations and he knows what he is speaking about when he discusses how to accompany families in their lives toward joy and love.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Cardinal Schönborn on ‘Amoris Laetitia’: Pope Francis Knows What He Is Talking About". zenit.org. April 12, 2016.

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