"Both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to become."

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Source : Elizabeth Fishel (1985). “Sisters: Love and Rivalry Inside the Family and Beyond”, William Morrow & Company

Elizabeth Fishel

#Sisterhood Quotes #Mirrors Quotes #Who We Are Quotes

“Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.”
“I have written chiefly because, though I have often dreaded the necessity, I have found it more painful, in the end, not to write.”
“I feel that works of art are an opportunity for people to construct meaning, so I don't usually tell what they mean. It conveys to people that they have to participate.”
“In due course we arrive, if wit can be said that we ever fully arrive. The truth is there are destinations beyond destinations and do the confirmed sailor goes on tacking forever.”
“The task which we have set ourselves is simply to show why and for what purpose we hold that standpoint during most of our lives, and why and for what purpose we are provisionally obliged to abandon it.”
“Many 'hard' scientists regard the term 'social science' as an oxymoron. Science means hypotheses you can test, and prove or disprove. Social science is little more than observation putting on airs.”
“We're well aware of how intelligent our audience is. We're well aware that Fringe is a show that you really need to lean forward into and pay attention to and think about. It's not designed to be a show that you can watch while you're folding laundry.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Today, peace means the ascent from simple coexistence to cooperation and common creativity among countries and nations.”

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