"I am the kind of woman who loves hurricanes. They put me in a party mood. Make me want to eat oysters on the half shell, and act slutty."

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Source : Rebecca Wells (1999). “Divine secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood: a novel”

Rebecca Wells

#Party Quotes #Oysters Quotes #Half Quotes

“We were telling, and frankly the media didn't take it seriously, during the time when we tried to point out that Debbie Wasserman Schultz was biased. She scheduled debates at times that didn't draw huge audiences, I believe, and many believe, because she didn't want Bernie to have a larger exposure to the voters.”

Source : "A Look At Where Bernie Sanders' Movement Goes From Here". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. July 30, 2016.
“I had my bad times. But the good news is that every time this has happened I've taken full responsibility for it. I don't try to duck it, I don't try to dodge it, I don't try to bullshit about it. Truth crushed to the ground will rise again. And that's what my life has been about.”

Source : Source: www.slate.com
“Some of the memories were not clear---dim human memories, seen through weak eyes and heard through weak ears: the first time I'd seen his face... the way it felt when he'd held me in the meadow... the sound of his voice through the darkness of my faltering consciousness when he'd save me from James... his face as he waited under a canopy of flowers to marry me... every precious moment on the island... his cold hands touching our baby through my skin...”
“And make us as Newton was, who in his garden watching The apple falling towards England, became aware Between himself and her of an eternal tie.”
“Captive people have a need for song.”
“He found whole figures which represented a written word; but he never could manage to represent just the word he wanted - that word was 'eternity', and the Snow Queen had said, "If you can discover that figure, you shall be your own master, and I will make you a present of the whole world and a pair of new skates." But he could not find it out.”
“Gratitude flows from the recognition that who we are and what we have are gifts to be received and shared.”
“You just get the vibes of your surroundings and it rubs off on you.”

Source : "The World’s Most Beautiful College Dorms" by Claire Cottrell, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2012.

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