"I cry intermittently, like a summer rain. I don't feel racked by the crying; in fact, it hydrates me. Then rage wells up in me, and I want to take a crowbar to all the cars in the neighborhood."

-- Anne Lamott

#Summer Quotes #Rain Quotes #Car Quotes

“I always say to people, the Eighties were so inventive because people wanted to stand out. By the time we got to the Nineties, everyone wanted to fit in. It was all about having the same pair of trainers and the same pair of jeans. That's fatal. Whereas the Eighties you would never be seen in the same pair of jeans that somebody else was wearing.”
“We live in a world of energy. An important task at this time is to learn to sense or see the energy of everyone and everything -- people, plants, animals. This becomes increasingly important as we draw close to the World of the Fifth Sun, for it is associated with the element ether -- the realm where energy lives and weaves. Go to the sacred places of the Earth to pray for peace, and have respect for the Earth which gives us our food, clothing, and shelter. We need to reactivate the energy of these sacred places. That is our work.”
“Where there is hope, there is no despair.”
“There is no sight so ugly as the human face in anger.”

Source : Louise Fitzhugh (2009). “The Long Secret”, p.13, Yearling
“It's no trick loving somebody at their best. Love is loving them at their worst.”

Source : Tom Stoppard (2013). “Tom Stoppard Plays 5: The Real Thing; Night & Day; Hapgood; Indian Ink; Arcadia”, p.207, Faber & Faber
“The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of special privilege of every kind. The slave owners justified slavery as protecting the slaves.”

Source : Henry George (2006). “Protection Or Free Trade”, p.21, Cosimo, Inc.
“Never be a minion, always be an owner.”
“If you put your foot in it, be sure it's your best foot.”

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