"But if I must be alone, I refuse to be alone as if it were something weak and distasteful, like convalescence."

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M. F. K. Fisher

#Weak Quotes #Convalescence Quotes #Refuse Quotes

“I do not wish to hide my origins, nor do I seek to make it a subject of conversation. I am what I am.”
“A lot of women seem to have a similar attitude, - 'I'm not a feminist' - and it gets wearying. What's wrong with being a feminist? I'm proud to be a feminist. It's been one of the most positive things in my life. It's one of the best traditions there is. It's admirable to be a feminist and to stand up for one's sex, to fight against inequality and injustice and to work for a better society.”
“Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security.”
“Those who skim over the surface in a hit-or-miss fashion not only forfeit the best returns on their efforts, but are ever barred from the keen pleasure of seeing beauty in the results of their labor.”
“If there is not justice for the people, let there be no peace for the government.”
“Don't live to please others. Don't think everyone else knows what's right or true. Listen to yourself, and be true to yourself. That way, no matter what else happens in life, you will always have your self-respect.”
“I've done Graham Norton's show three times now. He tackles taboos and subject matter that wouldn't make it past the censors in the States”
“Look at the face of the other... discover that he has a soul, a history and a life, that he is a person and that God loves this person.”

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