"A strong woman is a woman at work, cleaning out the cesspool of the ages, and while she shovels, she talks about how she doesn't mind crying, it opens the ducts of the eyes, and throwing up develops the stomach muscles, and she goes on shoveling with tears in her nose."

-- Marge Piercy

#Strong Women Quotes #Eye Quotes #Justice Quotes

“There are many ways to seek wisdom. There is travel, there are masters, there is service. There is staring into the eyes of children and elders and lovers and strangers. There is sitting silently in one spot and there is being swept along in life's turbulent current. Life itself will grant you wisdom in ways you may neither understand nor choose. It is up to you to be open to all these sources of wisdom and to embrace them with your whole heart.”
“I'm not really interested in making someone endure a performance or stand there for too long. I like to think about the length.”
“If you kill a character people feel sad. That's too easy.”
“Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.”

Source : 'Fortitude' (1913) bk.1, ch. 1
“The story I tell is so incomplete, five kids in the house and no food to eat.”

Source : Song: The Ghetto
“I can write two scripts concurrently, but I usually prefer to do one at a time. However, I also usually have 5 or 6 story ideas that are percolating in my head at any one time, so it can get a little crowded in there.”

Source : "Michael Arndt Discusses Toy Story 3". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. November 2, 2010.
“Character is the salesperson”
“the engrossing pursuit of Americans is wealth.”

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