"(a womanist) 3. Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves herself. Regardless."

-- Alice Walker

#Struggle Quotes #Moon Quotes #Spirit Quotes

“I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day.”
“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage”
“The very rich only admire themselves”

Source : Paula McLain (2011). “The Paris Wife: A Novel”, p.273, Ballantine Books
“He who prides himself an extraordinary person by his deeds is rejected by the world; he who has independent ideas is hated by the mass.”
“I say, the acknowledgment of God in ChristAccepted by thy reason, solves for theeAll questions in the earth and out of it,And has so far advanced thee to be wise.”
“... governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting ...”
“You have your brush, you have your colors, you paint the paradise, then in you go.”
“Physical pleasure is a sensual experience no different from pure seeing or the pure sensation with which a fine fruit fills the tongue; it is a great unending experience, which is given us, a knowing of the world, the fullness and the glory of all knowing. And not our acceptance of it is bad; the bad thing is that most people misuse and squander this experience and apply it as a stimulant at the tired spots of their lives and as distraction instead of a rallying toward exalted moments.”

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