"Lesbian feminists, for all their ideals of sisterhood and solidarity, can treat each other with a fickleness, a parasitic exploitativeness, and vicious spite that have to be seen to be believed."

-- Camille Paglia

#Sisterhood Quotes #Feminist Quotes #Vicious Quotes

“The future is ours to win. But to get there we can't just stand still...”
“I was ravenous for my child and took to gorging myself in the boneyard, hoping that she might possibly meet me halfway, or just beyond, one night, if only for an instantâ€”step back into her own bare feet, onto the wet grass or fallen leaves or snowy ground of the living Enon, so that we could share just one last human word.”
“Anticipation is sometimes more exciting than actual events.”
“The critiques I received from my father's community didn't actually have to do with any of the things I'd been afraid of - spiritual or cultural aspects - they were more annoyed that I'd killed off this character or those characters hadn't hooked up or I'd done an open ending and it didn't give them a sense of closure that they were expecting.”
“If people perceive themselves as having very little opportunities to be fulfilled, then it cheapens their life and outlook. The solution is to reverse it; make sure they know opportunities abound.”
“What is the character trying to say? Why? Be as specific as you can, using sense images that evoke something about the character. Try using the character's senses, even if the character is you.”

Source : Pat Pattison (2010). “Writing Better Lyrics”, p.17, Writer's Digest Books
“Someday, beyond the clouds and all the world's wrongs, there will be love, compassion and justice, and we shall all understand.”

Source : Flavia, Flavia Weedn (2002). “To Take Away the Hurt: Insights to Healing”, Cedco Publishing Company
“The mind uses its faculty for creativity only when experience forces it to do so.”

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