"Life was not longer something to endure, but to live."

-- Hubert Selby, Jr.

“We must each always think first of Malaysia, of the national need and least of ourselves â€¦Everyone must try to help and see that the people are one-minded, with loyalty and one aim, to make Malaysia â€“ the land we love â€“ a happy abode for all of us. If we all do this then we can guarantee liberty, security, prosperity and happiness for the future.”
“Belonging is the innate human desire to be part of something larger than us. Because this yearning is so primal, we often try to acquire it by fitting in and by seeking approval, which are not only hollow substitutes for belonging, but often barriers to it. Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.”
“Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness.”
“Freedom is a new religion, the religion of our time.”
“Always in absent lovers love's tide flows stronger.”
“We don't ask God for too much; in fact, we ask for too little. Turn to Him for everything. Give everything to God.”

Source : Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.64, Random House
“Once you stop talking about the female body empowering itself vis-à-vis male forays or invasions or male demands or the necessity to respond to husband and son to bring the issue down to a more concrete level, the body is a different manifestation physically.”

Source : "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.
“Strange priests are they who never straightly walk But all aslant through sideways passage stalk Who never seek their goals in forward lines But move askew as fraught with sly designs”

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