"Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle."

-- Andrew Solomon

#Struggle Quotes #Ease Quotes #Impression Quotes

“The vestiges of the bicameral mind do not exist in any empty psychological space.”
“You must never behave as if your life belongs to a man. Do you hear me?' Aunty Ifeka said. 'Your life belongs to you and you alone.”

Source : Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2008). “Half of a Yellow Sun”, p.283, Anchor
“What is your future, son of a king?' he heard Torina say. Landen smiled. 'Ask your crystal, daughter of a queen.' She traced his eyebrow with a finger. 'My crystal never tells me what I can see with my own eyes.”
“A man is not merely a man but a man among men, in a world of men. Being good at being a man has more to do with a manâ€™s ability to succeed with men and within groups of men than it does with a manâ€™s relationship to any woman or any group of women. When someone tells a man to be a man, they are telling him to be more like other men, more like the majority of men, and ideally more like the men who other men hold in high regard.”
“And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.”
“I try to meet people where they are.”

Source : "Animal Advocate and Author Karen Dawn: The Welfare of Animals and the Earth". Interview with Barbi Twins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”
“You're working yourself till late at night, and sleeping crazy with deadlines - you're doing it for a reason.”

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