"There never was a woman so ill-suited to public life as I am. I have had to whip myself, as it were, into society, and the loneliness of it all has been terrific."

-- Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie

#Loneliness Quotes #Ill Quotes #Sociability Quotes

“Men should have more time with their newborn babies.”
“Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public and, time out of mind, have been used for purposes of assembly... and discussing public question. Such use of the streets and public places has, from ancient times, been a part of the privileges, immunities, rights, liberties of citizens. The privilege of a citizen of the United States to use the streets and parks for communication of views on national questions may be regulated in the interest of all... but it must not, in the guise of regulation, be abridged or denied.”
“The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.”
“I'm me. I can't put on airs. I'm not a phony. I know the way I am hurts me more times than it helps. But somehow it's all tied up with my integrity, and my integrity is the last thing I'm going to let you take from me.”
“I do have a very wonderful mentor, who helps me and reads my work and criticizes me, all the time. You've gotta have those people, who will tell you the truth and help you. You don't want anyone buttering you up. I want someone to tell me what I can fix. That's what I like.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Few authors understand themselves, and a proper reader must not only understand his author but also be able to see beyond him”

Source : "Briefwechsel, vol. VI". Book by Arthur Henkel, 1955-1975.
“Religion is a collective insanity.”

Source : Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin “The Selected Works of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin”, Library of Alexandria
“Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.”

Source : Khawaja Abdur Rahim, Sir Muhammad Iqbal (1968). “Iqbal, the poet of tomorrow”

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