"You cant legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth."

-- Athol Fugard

#Heart Quotes #Asking Questions Quotes #Judging Quotes

“If you are normal, I intend to be a freak for the rest of my life”

Source : "Song: 'My Pink Half of the Drainpipe' ('The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse')". 1968.
“Yes, I will bring the understanding of a woman to the Court, but I doubt that alone will affect my decisions.”
“If you have total freedom, then you are in trouble. It's much better when you have some obligation, some discipline, some rules. When you have no rules, then you start to build your own rules.”
“In a way, my design works as much because the belt is comfortable for the user as it does because it is safer.”
“Progress, in the sense of acquisition, is something; but progress in the sense of being, is a great deal more. To grow higher, deeper, wider, as the years go on; to conquer difficulties, and acquire more and more power; to feel all one's faculties unfolding, and truth descending into the soul,--this makes life worth living.”
“Home is everything you can walk to.”
“No matter how your world falls apart-and honey, that's what happens: we all build ourselves a world, and then it falls apart-but no matter how that happens, you still have the kind heart you've had since you were a child, and that's all that really counts.”

Source : Kate Bornstein (2012). “A Queer and Pleasant Danger: The true story of a nice Jewish boy who joins the Church of Scientology, and leaves twelve years later to become the lovely lady she is today”, p.185, Beacon Press
“Natural selection has ensured that each species achieves the requisite effect somehow, but it doesn't care, so to speak, how the trick is done.”

Source : "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 2013.

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