"Everyone would tell me they couldn't identify with sexual abuse. No one says they can't identify with the tales of the Greek gods and goddesses because they don't live on Mt. Olympus."

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Source : "Go Forth (Vol. 41)". Interview with Kristen Evans, logger.believermag.com. February 26, 2016.

Alexander Chee

#Greek Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Olympus Quotes

“What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.”
“Lots of people make fun of me, but the truth is I'm just a man. I like food, I like people, and I like making people happy with food. I have a wife; I have two sons. I love them more than anything. Sure, my TV personality might not be for everyone, but that's okay. I just want to live my life. Please, leave me in peace. I am a man. I have dignity. I am a man.”
“I know that the Bible has been a central influence in [Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross] lives - but in a very different way. In truth, you inhabit very different Biblical worlds.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
“They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.”
“Wherefore no name can be found for a new fossil [element] which indicates its peculiar and characteristic properties (in which position I find myself at present), I think it is best to choose such a denomination as means nothing of itself and thus can give no rise to any erroneous ideas. In consequence of this, as I did in the case of Uranium, I shall borrow the name for this metallic substance from mythology, and in particular from the Titans, the first sons of the earth. I therefore call this metallic genus TITANIUM.”
“We need to really do something about the world. Otherwise, we're all going to blow up together.”
“I think I'm more prolific in the songwriting.”
“I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.”

Source : "Kate Upton Vogue Cover Labels Blonde ‘Hottest Supermodel On Earth’" By Rebecca Adams, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2013.

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