"Wonder - the sensation of being whisked out of time and space...to be bathed in ... epiphanous delight."

-- Robert Dessaix

#Wise Quotes #Space Quotes #Delight Quotes

“The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.”

Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “Never Fade”, p.553, Hachette UK
“When the women's movement started in the 1960s, there was a vision of a future where women didn't wear makeup or worry about how their hair looked, and everybody wore sensible, comfortable clothes. It ran into an absolute brick wall.”

Source : "How You Can Get Everything Your Mom Couldn't". Interview with Ashley Womble, www.cosmopolitan.com. November 16, 2009.
“We are the only ones who can tell our stories because we are the only ones who have lived them.”
“Some of the worst elements of Guyland rest on the twin pillars of men's silence and women's compliance.”

Source : "How hookups and hang-ups delay manhood". TODAYshow.com Q&A, www.today.com. August 3, 2010.
“If ruling our world stems from developing certainty in our sanity, how do we discover it? The Shambhala teachings instruct us to "put our mind of fearfulness in the cradle of loving-kindnes."”
“I wonder what ants do on rainy days?”
“I've always liked the old-school journalism approach. I don't have to take a side on any controversial issue. I get to present various sides. And my goal, as a journalist covering the Bible beat, is to present the strengths and weaknesses of each side - to the extent that readers can't tell what my opinion is. That's easy enough for me to do much of the time because I'm as confused as the next guy, and trusting a lot on Jesus for what I don't understand.”
“Time is a wind that keeps blowing in my face and mumbling words that don't make sense.”

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