"If the husband sits on a chair in the Garden of Eden, his wife is his footstool."

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I. L. Peretz

#Husband Quotes #Garden Quotes #Eden Quotes

“I have had manic-depressive illness, also known as bipolar disorder, since I was 18 years old. It is an illness that ensures that those who have it will experience a frightening, chaotic and emotional ride. It is not a gentle or easy disease.”
“We shall probably never attain the power of measuring the velocity of nervous action; for we have not the opportunity of comparing its propagation through immense space, as we have in the case of light.”
“Though he had very little Latin beyond "Cave canem," he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty leather binding).”
“Everywhere in the modern world there is neglect, the need to be recognized, which is not satisfied. Art is a way of recognizing oneself, which is why it will always be modern.”
“For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.”

Source : Lillian Hellman (1944). “Watch on the Rhine: Acting Ed. Play in Three Acts”
“In the end, what would you gain from everlasting remembrance? Absolutely nothing. So what is left worth living for? This alone: justice in thought, goodness in action, speech that cannot deceive, and a disposition glad of whatever comes, welcoming it as necessary, as familiar, as flowing from the same source and fountain as yourself.”
“I think, though, the biggest heroes in my life would have been both my mother and father. My father because he was very brave and a kid from the Depression. And my mother, a child from the Depression too, who always remained so lovely her whole life.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“We seem okay with violence, but nudity we race to criticize and censor.”

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