"Robert was the true steel. Stannis is pure iron, black and hard and strong, yes, but brittle, the way iron gets. He'll break before he bends. And Renly, that one, he's copper, bright and shiny, pretty to look at but not worth all that much at the end of the day."

-- George R. R. Martin

#Strong Quotes #Iron Quotes #Black Quotes

“That," he whispered, "is unthinkable." In Moscaâ€™s experience, such statements generally meant that a thing was perfectly thinkable, but that the speaker did not want to think it.”
“I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.”
“there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.”

Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)
“If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster”
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.”
“Nature has introduced great variety into the landscape, but man has displayed a passion for simplifying it. Thus he undoes the built-in checks and balances by which nature holds the species within bounds.”
“I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular.”
“A method of child-rearing is not--or should not be--a whim, a fashion or a shibboleth. It should derive from an understanding of the developing child, of his physical and mental equipment at any given stage, and, therefore, his readiness at any given stage to adapt, to learn, to regulate his behavior according to parental expectations.”

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