"The basic trouble with all long-range population projections is that they are driven by assumptions about birth levels - and there is still no reliable method for predicting fertility levels a generation from now, to say nothing of a century hence,"

-- Nicholas Eberstadt

#Long Quotes #Population Quotes #Generations Quotes

“When you write, itâ€™s like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity. Your fingers have still not perfected the task. Some of the braids are long, others are short. Some are thick, others are thin. Some are heavy. Others are light. Like the diverse women of your family. Those whose fables and metaphors, whose similes and soliloquies, whose diction and je ne sais quoi daily slip into your survival soup, by way of their fingers.”
“I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned.”
“He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.”
“She thumped him again. He looked startled, then caught her flying fist in his hand and gently pried her fingers open. Very carefully he pressed a kiss into the exact center of her palm. 'Savannah? Were you trying to hit me?' 'I didn't hit you--twice, you scum. You didn't even notice the first time.' She sounded very irritated with him. For some reason it made him want to smile. 'I apologize, mon amour. Next time, I promise I will notice when you strike me.' The hard edge to his mouth softened into a semblance of a smile. 'I will even go so far as to pretend that it hurts, if you wish it.”
“So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortall life the leafe, the bud, the flowre”
“The abuse of the Earth is the ecological crisis.”
“My wife is the dancer, but I certainly know how to sing.”
“How women view religion's role in society is shaped more by their own country's culture and context than one monolithic view that religion is simply bad for women.”

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