"The wish to lead out one's lover must be a tribal feeling; the wish to be seen as loved is part of one's self-respect."

-- Elizabeth Bowen

#Respect Quotes #Self Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“No sustainable prosperity or security can be attained at the expense or marginalization of others. Indeed, in todayâ€™s world, humanity will either triumph or fail as a whole.”
“nothing is slower than the true birth of a man”
“I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.”
“I love pensioners. My closest relations are pensioners,”
“Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever changing guises.”
“I still dream of the day when I will take a photograph so beautiful that it can be called love.”
“When you can take something that is a reject at the thrift store sitting on the bottom of a pile of junk and make it work, make it look interesting, that's real style to me.”
“You can walk as carefully as you want through a mine field; it is still a mine field. But it's also true that if you step up to the plate worrying that you're going to strike out, the odds are that you're going to strike out. Not doing a large ambitious work because you're convinced that Danger Lurks Around Every Corner, the old 'I might be dead this time next year,' is a waste of the Inner Radiance that found you. It's like life insurance. It's betting against yourself. It's blowing out your own flame before someone beats you to it.”

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