"A woman must wait for her ovaries to die before she can get her rightful personality back. Post-menstrual is the same as pre-menstrual; I am once again what I was before the age of twelve: a female human being who knows that a month has thirty day, not twenty-five, and who can spend every one of them free of the shackles of that defect of body and mind known as femininity."

-- Florence King

#Personality Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Mind Quotes

“It's about your heart and about your consciousness. It's not about length of time you pray. Some of the most powerful prayers I've ever heard come from children, who can barely speak.”
“Our leaders will serve the common good with better laws and better actions only when we serve it first, by casting better votes.”
“Keep reading books, but remember that a bookâ€™s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.”
“Watt's concern, deep as it appeared, was not after all what the figure was, in reality, but with what the figure appeared to be, in reality.”
“I am fed up with men who use sex like a sleeping pill.”
“Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized.”
“In Nigeria, the hopes of millions have been pinned on me. Everything I do is under the spotlight. If they want to sell papers, they put me on the cover. If they want to gain popular support in an election, they ask for my endorsement. Where does someone like me go when we need a safe place to be and learn? To renew, deepen the foundation of our work, and sharpen our focus? To share experiences, lessons and build relationships with others that can advance our thinking, approach and capacity? We go to the YES! Jam, which gives us all that and so much more.”
“I'm not going to join any party. If I do vote again, and if I do become, you know, politically active, it will be independent.”

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