"Maggie Nelson cuts through our culture's prefabricated structures of thought and feeling with an intelligence whose ferocity is ultimately in the service of love. No piety is safe, no orthodoxy, no easy irony. The scare quotes burn off like fog."

-- Ben Lerner

#Cutting Quotes #Fog Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“My object is to live in a place that does not call itself 'the community with a heart.' I want one of those godforsaken towns where all the young people leave and the rest sit on the porch with a rifle across their knees.”
“To grow old is to grow remorseful.”

Source : Randy Cohen (2012). “Be Good: How to Navigate the Ethics of Everything”, p.10, Chronicle Books
“I once got a letter from a woman who told me she was 90. She said if she were 30 years younger, I would have had to watch out. I guess 60 seems really young when you're 90. She said she would eat me with a spoon.”

Source : Biography/Personal, www.imdb.com.
“God of peace, you are at the center of my life, a strong refuge of peace in the whirlwind of my pain. I look to you for strength and a constant assurance of hope.”
“Wars cannot be won by destroying women and children”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.”
“Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.”

Source : Desi Arnaz (1994). “A Book”
“I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.”

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