"But we are here to depart from this world as finished as we can possibly become."

-- Joan D. Chittister

#World Quotes #Aging Quotes #This World Quotes

“The lo-fi scene and the riot grrrl thing had a huge influence on me. As a teenager I went to see Bikini Kill and all those bands.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Instinct tells me to go to Hannah's, but she doesn't live there anymore and that's when I realize the major difference between my mother and Hannah. My mother deserted me at the 7-Eleven, hundred of kilometers away from home. Hannah, however, did the unforgivable. She deserted me in our own backyard.”
“So now, how did God produce this world?... The fable is that he breathed upon us. In his breath, his wind, came moisture and things began to grow... a message of hope. Nothing physical. How do you intend for your breath to become a work of art? The only way I can see it is that you prevent your breath from becoming a structure. As soon as your breath takes on the form of a room, you are a carpenter; you're not God.”
“Many people tell me what I ought to do and just how I ought to do it, but Few have made me want to do something..”

Source : Mary Parker Follett (1918). “The New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government”, p.230, Penn State Press
“But it could be that we, as early as spring, will need to embark on a new policy in order to save one of the cornerstones of European politics: personal freedom of movement.”
“Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time.”
“The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves determine the quality of the selves we imagine we are. The stories we tell about others determine the quality of our relationships with them.”
“Women would be better off when they no longer needed men more than they needed their own independent identities...How long a time it took me after my divorce to understand that being alone is not the same as being lonely.”

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