"I resolve to venture into the city on my own. I look at maps in the libraryâ€”subway maps, bus maps, and regular mapsâ€”and try to memorize them. Iâ€™m afraid of getting lost; no, Iâ€™m afraid of sinking into the city as in a quicksand, afraid of getting sucked into something I can never escape."

-- Deborah Feldman

#Cities Quotes #Trying Quotes #Library Quotes

“Each party should gain from the negotiation.”
“Generally speaking, I tend to think that whether a philosopher's views are true is a poor test of their quality. What matter are the arguments they give, and the insights those arguments inspire.”
“There are plenty of times we need fierce compassion, fierce love. Just like when a child does something that is very harmful and we say "No!", we need some kind of fierceness. There's a certain kind of fierceness that can look like anger and has that fire of anger, but the difference is that it's not blinded with reactivity.”
“The greatest motivation to share the gospel w/ someone today & everyday: Another voice around the throne. A louder song for Jesus.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 27, 2012
“When I sing or play music, I'm able to relieve myself of whatever it is that I'm struggling with.”
“I was very against pink and purple when I was young, because they were girls' colors. But that was only because I didn't want people to write me off for what I can do. When I got into my 20s, I decided that was stupid.”
“The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.”
“One point in my public life: I did all I could for the reform of the civil service, for the building up of the South, for a soundcurrency, etc., etc., but I never forgot my party.... I knew that all good measures would suffer if my Administration was followed by the defeat of my party. Result, a great victory in 1880. Executive and legislature both completely Republican.”

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