"Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin, A basin in the midst of hedges grown So thick, she cannot see her lover hiding, But she guesses he is near, And the sliding of the water Seems the stroking of a dear Hand upon her."

-- Amy Lowell

#Hands Quotes #Water Quotes #Gowns Quotes

“We think of immigration as a Western issue but, of course, it isn't.”

Source : "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 24, 2007.
“I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.”

Source : "Roth Army" by Oliver Hurley, www.theguardian.com. August 27, 2004.
“Treat people like you want to be treated; live and let live; and also give the other person a break now and then.”
“History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.”
“When I was little and something awful was happening my Mama would tell me to close my eyes.She was tryin' to keep me from seeing her do drugs or other bad things. And then when she was finished or the bad things were over she'd say, â€œnow when I count to three, you open your eyes and the past is gone, the world is a good place,and it's all gonna be okay.”
“There's nothing small or inconsequential about our stories. There is, in fact, nothing bigger. And when we tell the truth about our lives - the broken parts, the secret parts, the beautiful parts - then the gospel comes to life, an actual story about redemption, instead of abstraction and theory and things you learn in Sunday School.”
“Overcoming one of my limiting beliefs, "girls are not as strong as men, therefore we cannot attempt the same physical challenges." I can tell you, with all certainty, this is not true. I have accomplished things on skis no one thought were physically possible for females.”
“No god save self, that is the way to live ...”

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