"When I beheld you, suddenly - for perhaps a second - I had the strength to reject everything that wasn't you and to laugh at the illusion. But my shoulders are very frail. I was unable to bear the weight of the world's condemnation. And I began to hate you when everything about you would have kindled my love and when love would have made men's contempt unbearable, and their contempt would have made my love unbearable. The fact is, I hate you."

-- Jean Genet

#Hate Quotes #Men Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“Love is jealous that any should come before her, or after. She would be all in all. If a man will trust her and live in her, he shall know all things.”
“Sometimes we need to let go of things in our lives to make room for better things. Stress less and live more. Don't waste your energy, when you have the choice to be happy.”
“When was the last time you read a book? The truth now. And picture books don't count-I mean something with print in it.”
“Men sucked. They were the root of every problem any woman could ever have. They were the reason for bras, the need for makeup, hair stylists, shaving legs, and high heels that made the arch feel like it had a steel rod slammed up it. They were picky, arrogant, argumentative, and so damned certain of themselves <...>.”

Source : Lora Leigh (2013). “Navy SEALs Complete Series: 3 Books + 3 Novellas”, p.855, Macmillan
“I glory in this world of men and women, torn with troubles, yet living on to love and laugh through it all.”
“I was living in Maryland and my first week was dreadful. My first week I actually got into a fight at school”
“To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.”
“Death has shaken out the sands of thy glass.”

Source : John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, Royal Robbins (1842). “The Poems of John G. C. Brainard: A New and Authentic Collection, with an Original Memoir of His Life”, p.70

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