"Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion."

-- Toni Morrison

#Romantic Love Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Envy Quotes

“Humans in space suits make monkeys nervous.”
“What keeps me motivated is not the food itself but all the bonds and memories the food represents.”

Source : Michael Chiarello, Penelope Wisner (2008). “The Tra Vigne Cookbook: Seasons in the California Wine Country”, p.2, Chronicle Books
“We’re living in an acquisitive capitalist society that is fundamentally anti-family and fundamentally uncomfortable with just enjoying being human. We’d rather shop than live, acquire than love and stare into a screen than hold each other.”

Source : "Sometimes Youthful Stupidity is a Better way to Find Happiness than Making Mature Choices" by Frank Schaeffer, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 11, 2014.
“The big deal is we think the power is in us individuallythe power is in us collectively. It is in the church.”
“And when I'd be reporting in Israel, Palestinians would say, the Jews they're not like us, and the Jews would say the same things about the Palestinians, they don't want what we want. And I never bought it as a reporter and I don't buy it as a novelist. I think, you know, the sound of somebody crying for their lost child sounds the same.”
“Maybe I had a 'secret identity,' but then when you think about it, don't we all? A part of ourselves very few people ever get to see. The part we think of as 'me.' The part that deals with the big stuff. Makes the real choices. The part everything else is a reflection of.”
“I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.”
“I had pain in both knees my whole career. Not many athletes play pain-free. Mine was just more than normal.”

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