"Women manage, quite brilliantly, on the whole, and to stunning and unforeseeable effect, to survive and surmount being defined by others. They dismiss the definition, however dangerous or wounding it may be-- or even, sometimes, find a way to utilize it."

-- James A. Baldwin

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“But I hope I will never have a life that is not surrounded by books, by books that are bound in paper and cloth and glue, such perishable things for ideas have lasted thousands of years . . . I hope I am always walled in by the very weight and breadth and clumsy, inefficient, antiquated bulk of them, hope that I spend my last days on this Earth arranging and rearranging them on thrones of good, honest pine, oak, and mahogany, because I just like to look at their covers, and dream of the promise of the great stories inside.”
“Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.”

Source : Bill W. (1953). “Twelve steps and twelve traditions”, Alcoholics Anonymous World Serv inc
“If we compare the two, Facebook is currently a superior place to market a product like Slide. Twitter is more like a general distribution agent. It's like broadcast radio.”
“The presidency is temporary - but the family is permanent.”
“If you teach your children nothing else, teach them the Golden Rule and "righty-tighty, lefty-loosey.”
“All art is probably erotic in its ultimate character, but painting more than anything else is a purely nervous erotic activity.”

Source : "Some Notes on Caravaggio". "Nimbus" Magazine, 1956.
“I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.”
“I was living a life of a lie, I really was.”

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