"If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring."

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Source : Marya Mannes (1986). “The Best of Marya Mannes”

Marya Mannes

#Loss Quotes #Sisterhood Quotes #Men Quotes

“He who shall teach the child to doubtThe rotting grave shall ne'er get out.”
“Women are denied masturbation even more severely than men and that's another method of control-they're not taught to please themselves.... Most women-it takes them a while to warm up to the "situation" but once they get into it, I'm sure they're going to get just as hooked as-well, everyone I know is!”
“A world so hateful some would rather die than be who they are.”

Source : Song: Same Love
“When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.”
“You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art.”
“Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it - every word has a big question mark over it.”
“The essence of modernity is that progress no longer waits on genius; instead we have learned to put our faith in the organized efforts of ordinary men. Science is as old as the race, but the effective organization of science is new. Ancient science, like placer mining, was a pursuit of solitary prospectors. Nuggets of truth were found, but the total wealth of knowledge increased slowly. Modern man began to transform this world when he began to mine the hidden veins of knowledge systematically.”
“My heart hurt so much I can't believe it. How can it keep beating, feeling like this?”

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