"Good women always think it is their fault when someone else is being offensive. Bad women never take the blame for anything."

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Source : Hotel du Lac (1984) ch. 7

Anita Brookner

#Women Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Good Woman Quotes

“Art is like singing. Some do it better than others, but everyone can and should be doing it for their soul.”
“I think the greatest weakness in the church today is that almost no one believes that God invests His power in the Bible. Everyone is looking for power in a program, in a methodology, in a technique, in anything and everything but that in which God has placed itâ€”His Word. He alone has the power to change lives for eternity, and that power is focused on the Scriptures.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 16, 2016
“Most really pretty girls have pretty ugly feet, and so does Mindy Metalman, Lenore notices, all of a sudden.”
“The secret of great cathedrals is that their proportions conform to cosmic laws, 'shaping' people who spend time in them.”
“I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy.”
“If we could do away with death, we wouldn't object; to do away with capital punishment will be more difficult. Were that to happen, we would reinstate it from time to time.”
“Eretz Israel will be restored to the people of Israel. All of it. And forever.”
“A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand, I march on in haste through an enemy's land; The road may be rough, but it cannot be long; And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song.”

Source : Henry Francis Lyte (1833). “Poems: Chiefly Religious”, p.100

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