"I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step."

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Source : Sandra Steingraber (2012). “Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood”, p.229, Da Capo Press

Sandra Steingraber

#Letting Go Quotes #Motherhood Quotes #Long Quotes

“I was approached in Texas to be a model a few times. One of my first jobs was the cover of a CD.”

Source : Interview with Justin Kaehler, www.ign.com. July 14, 2004.
“When Marconi suggested the possibility of wireless transmission of sound (the radio),he was committed to a mental institution. But people like Lincoln, Edison, and Marconi were strongly motivated. So they didn't give up. They somehow knew that the only real failure is the one from which we learn nothing. They seemed to go on the assumption that there is no failure greater than the failure of not trying, and so they continued to try in the face of repeated failures.”

Source : John Powell (1990). “Will the Real Me, Please Stand Up?: Twenty-Five Guidelines for Good Communication”, Thomas More Association
“Well first of all, for a criminal practice there has to be a gun. Itâ€™s pretty simple.”
“I will! I am! I can! I will actualize my dream. I will press ahead. I will settle down and see it through. I will solve the problems. I will pay the price. I will never walk away from my dream until I see my dream walk away: Alert! Alive! Achieved!”
“Colours in vibration, peeling like silver bells and clanging like bronze bells, proclaiming happiness, passion and love, soul, blood and death.”
“Motherhood, to be sure, receives a great deal of sentimental adulation, but only if it is committed in accordance with rules which have been prescribed by a predominantly masculine society. Per se it is accorded no respect whatever. When it results from a sexual relationship which has been duly sanctioned by organized society, it is holy, no matter how much it may transgress the rules of decency, health, or common sense. Otherwise it is a sin meriting social ostracism for the mother and obloquy for the child - an ostracism and obloquy, significantly enough, in which the father does not share.”
“strength, like height, is measured by who you're standin next to!”
“I can hear you and I can watch your mouth move, and then I put together the sounds and the visual image, and I can understand the words as I integrate the two signals.”

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