"God pardons like a mother, who kisses the offense into everlasting forgiveness."

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Henry Ward Beecher

#Mother Quotes #War Quotes #Kissing Quotes

“I suppose everybody does get attached to characters whether in movies or in stories, but I think that's part of the reason you get involved with literature is because there's somebody that grabs you about it and then you want to figure out why.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I'm aware of the luck in [BABIP], but at the same time, you can't directly influence it. You can just keep mixing your patterns, executing and locating, That's the human element of this game.”
“If the only way I can make myself look good is to criticize you, something is seriously wrong with me.”
“It is only occasional that talent becomes genius - radiating sparks, brilliance, energy, and charismatic magnetism... such a talent was Janis Joplin.”
“I don't care about anything but you, and that's enough for the present. I want you to be happy--not to think of anything sad; only to feel that I'm near you and I love you. Why should there be pain? In such hours as this what have we to do with pain? That's not the deepest thing; there's something deeper.”
“We had the IRA ceasefire in August 1994 and a lot of people assumed that a deal had been done - which wasn't right.”

Source : Source: www.newsletter.co.uk
“Gym class was, of course, where the strongest, best-looking kids were made captains and chose us spazzes last. More important, it was where the figures of supposed authority allowed them to do so. Forget the work our parents did molding our minds and values. Everything fell apart as soon as we put on those maroon polyester gym suits.”
“Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.”

Source : Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne

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