"Miss: A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense."

-- Ambrose Bierce

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“My mind works so fast. When I think of something I say it. Lots of times I say it even before I think of it.”
“The pitch to which he was aroused was tremendous. All the fighting blood of his breed was up in him and surging through him. This was living., though he did not know it. He was realizing his own meaning in the world; he was doing that for which he was made.... He was justifying his existence, than which life can do no greater; for life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.”
“The things that are important to me - being a mother, a businesswoman, an activist - are all things that were borne out of great passion.”
“Miss you,â€ he said. It was the barest murmur, scarcely a sound.”
“Going out is such a hassle. The singles club scene where you sit down, talk, get to know each other, hang out-it's such a big ordeal.”
“Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science”

Source : Two Sources of Morality and Religion ch. 3 (1932) (translation by R. Ashley Audra and Cloudesley Brereton)
“Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper.”
“Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry at someone, I do something thoughtful for her and my feelings toward her soften. This strategy is uncannily effective.”

Source : "10 instant tips to be happier now" by Gretchen Rubin, www.cnn.com. August 4, 2009.

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