"A life's work should be based on love."

-- Ray Bradbury

“How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.”
“The hand betrays the heart ...”
“Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent, which was used on such occasions; and placed not far from the altar in the chapel, in the view of a number of spectators who had assembled, perhaps about forty.”

Source : Maria Monk (1837). “Awful disclosures of Maria Monk, a narrative of her sufferings in the Hotel Dieu nunnery at Montreal”, p.44
“A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then at present, at least, I am a Pagan.”
“Dance must have a precision without fault.”
“My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know.”
“In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no 'two evils' exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do or say.”
“Maybe life is a board game, but I never get to roll the dice.”

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