"I alternate between thinking of the planet as home - dear and familiar stone hearth and garden - and as a hard land of exile in which we are all sojourners."

-- Annie Dillard

#Home Quotes #Garden Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I think of feminism as more of a political ideology.”
“When I'm engaged in a story my health is not a big deal, but when I'm not doing anything, if you sit me down, I can get tied up in my own medical dramas. So I much prefer to work.”

Source : "Katherine Boo: Slum dweller" by Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 1012.
“The medics generally see the worst of the worst. They see everything. They're working on their friends, and they're working on their enemy. The person that was just firing at them, trying to kill them, five minutes ago, if an Army medic stumbles upon him and he's still alive, he just goes to save his life.”

Source : "Brendan Fehr Talks THE NIGHT SHIFT, Research for the Role, ROSWELL 15th Anniversary, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 6, 2014.
“Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present.”
“Just look at the messages today's media are sending everybody, from TV and commercials to actors and singers. Kids are just drowning in that 24-7 and it's getting really bad.”
“Borders had lousy management and made bad corporate decisions, so its fate is less like a terrible accident than a slow-motion slide into a ditch, but it's hard to be happy about a bookseller's demise.”
“While prices of goods continue to rise, American worker's wages remain stagnant.”
“I no longer believe that we can keep silent. We never really do, mind you. In one way or another we articulate what has happened to us through the kind of people we become.”

Source : Azar Nafisi (2009). “Things I've Been Silent About: Memories”, p.23, Random House

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