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Suzanne La Follette

"Motherhood, to be sure, receives a great deal of sentimental adulation, but only if it is committed in accordance with rules which have been prescribed by a predominantly masculine society. Per se it is accorded no respect whatever. When it results from a sexual relationship which has been duly sanctioned by organized society, it is holy, no matter how much it may transgress the rules of decency, health, or common sense. Otherwise it is a sin meriting social ostracism for the mother and obloquy for the child - an ostracism and obloquy, significantly enough, in which the father does not share."

-- Suzanne La Follette

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“Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.”
“I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born, Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.”
“I wrote poetry, journals, and, especially, plays for the neighborhood kids to perform. I had an ordinary, happy childhood. Nothing much was going on, but I had fun.”
“With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine.”
“I found that it was all right to have Martians saying things Democrats and Republicans could never say.”

Source : "About Rod Serling". Rod Serling profile at "American Masters", www.pbs.org. December 29, 2003.
“Among all the wisdom and facts I learned from Giannon, I also learned the loneliness of incarnation, in which there is inevitably a separation of souls because of the uniqueness of our faces and our experiences. And I learned also the moments when the current of my life joins the current of another life, and I can glimpse for a moment the one flowing body of water we all compose.”

Source : Kate Horsley (2002). “Confessions of a Pagan Nun: A Novel”, p.86, Shambhala Publications
“In April 2006, a Dutch court ordered that I leave my safe-home that I was renting from the State. The judge concluded that my neighbors had a right to argue that they felt unsafe because of my presence in the building.”
“When I was alone, I lived on eggplant, the stove top cook's strongest ally....”

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