"Our stories are what we have,â€ Our Good Mother says. â€œOur stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories have value. Do you understand?"

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Julianna Baggott

#Mother Quotes #Giving Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.”
“There are of course people who are more important than others in that they have more importance in the world but this is not essential and it ceases to be. I have no sense of difference in this respect because every human being comprises the combination form.”
“To every man it is decreed: Thou shalt live alone. Happy they who imagine that they have escaped the common lot; happy, whilst they imagine it.”

Source : George Gissing (2016). “The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft”, p.63, The Floating Press
“I will not calm down! Women are allowed to get angrier than men about double standards.”
“Perhaps there will come a time when... an unmarried mother will not be despised because of her motherhood... and when the right of the unborn to be born will not be denied or interfered with.”

Source : "Woodhull and Claflin's Weekly", November 9, 1870.
“I still make more money as I do as an actor than director, however I don't want to be a commercial director.”
“It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.”
“Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.”

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