"She was not, herself, hugely in favour of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult. Even cats managed it. But women acted as if they'd been given a medal that entitled them to boss people around. It was as if, just because they'd got the label which said "mother," everyone else got a tiny part of the label that said "child"..."

-- Terry Pratchett

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Cat Quotes

“Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.”
“The student of politics therefore as well as the psychologist must study the nature of the soul.”
“If you're not prepared to do something in public, don't do it at all.”

Source : Karen Traviss (2008). “Bloodlines: Star Wars Legends (Legacy of the Force)”, p.152, Del Rey
“He who outrages benevolence is called a ruffian: he who outrages righteousness is called a villain. I have heard of the cutting off of the villain Chow, but I have not heard of the putting of a ruler to death.”
“Stories arenâ€™t about things. Stories are things.”
“The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you.”

Source : Philip Roth (2000). “The Human Stain: A Novel”, p.232, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If you think youâ€™re attractive, youâ€™re always attractive.”
“Nobody's perfect and I don't want to try and portray that but I'm genuinely doing the best I can out here; trying to support my family the best that I can, trying to make them proud and happy and everybody having the best life they can live. I'm trying to provide a better life for them than I had.”

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