"Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery."

-- Betty Friedan

#Sex Quotes #America Quotes #Promise Quotes

“I can't give you the white picket fence, and if I did, you'd set it on fire.”
“As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.”
“It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.”
“When I'm training for 'True Blood,' I don't eat any sugar except for some fruit here and there. So it's no sugar, no bread, no real carbs all day.”
“An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded.”
“Running has made being depressed impossible. If I'm going through something emotional and just go outside for a run, you can rest assured I'll come back with clarity.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I followed the launch of the library with Margaret Atwood and then David Mitchell. I just sat quietly at home secretly envying them. Then just over a month ago she asked me if I would like to be the third author to join the library.”

Source : Source: wwd.com
“A world to be born under your footsteps...”

Source : Saint-John Perse (2014). “Collected Poems”, p.351, Princeton University Press

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