"We are all born equally far from the sun."

-- John Knowles

#Sun Quotes #Born Quotes

“As a rule it usually takes three or four readings for me to be interested in a script, and if I'm interested I'll read it three or four times before I make a strong decision”
“To have your niece die in your arms is the greatest gift from god.”
“I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, 'Am I a sex symbol?' Then I go back to bed again. It's stupid to think that way.”
“The years, the months, the days, and the hours have flown by my open window. Here and there an incident, a towering moment, a naked memory, an etched countenance, a whisper in the dark, a golden glow these and much more are the woven fabric of the time I have lived.”
“Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive.”

Source : "Guilt poisons women" by Germaine Greer, www.cnn.com. March 12, 2013.
“Laughter, along with madness, seemed to be the only way out, the emergency exit for humans.”

Source : Matt Haig (2014). “The Humans: A Novel”, p.42, Simon and Schuster
“No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness”
“One of our greatest assets is that all men aspire to be equal and free. This fact haunts the rulers of the Kremlin today for even they cannot change this law of nature and they know it. It is up to us, not only by example but by positive acts, to make the most of this driving force within mankind.”

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