"One's own surroundings means so much to one, when one is feeling miserable."

-- Edith Sitwell

#Mean Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Miserable Quotes

“Metaphors and Similes are the beginning of the democratic system of envy.”

Source : "United States of Banana". Book by Giannina Braschi, 2011.
“It was sometimes provoked by assignments, then I'd go back on my own dime if I really clicked with a place. And sometimes it was just hanging out with my family or friends.”
“Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a huge winery. Iceland was a farming community. As some of the glaciers retreated they found villages that were covered with ice.”
“Every 'No' gets me closer to a 'Yes'.”
“No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization has failed so lamentably is that is had one-sided government.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.”
“The ancestor of every destructive action, every destructive decision, is a negative thought.”
“A recurring image in the work of the Rossetti circle was that of a woman absorbed in self-contemplation, gazing into a mirror or combing her hair.”

Source : Elizabeth Prettejohn (1998). “Rossetti and His Circle”, Stewart Tabori & Chang

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