"Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served by seeking, quite literally, a tooth for a tooth?"

-- Ayelet Waldman

#Teeth Quotes #Generations Quotes #Agendas Quotes

“The wonders of the music of the future will be of a higher & wider scale and will introduce many sounds that the human ear is now incapable of hearing. Among these new sounds will be the glorious music of angelic chorales. As men hear these they will cease to consider Angels as figments of their imagination.”
“In 2012, 40 of the top companies to work for were also among the top companies in social media.”
“Our elected politicians do what they judge is the right thing to do. And if we disagree then I'll show them the evidence of why I disagree.”
“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”

Source : Leigh Bardugo (2013). “Siege and Storm”, p.120, Macmillan
“I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.”

Source : Wallace Shawn (2009). “Essays”, p.5, Haymarket Books
“In past times when one lived in contact with nature, abstraction was easy; it was done unconsciously. Now in our denaturalized age abstraction becomes an effort.”
“German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!”
“I felt a trembling along my skin, a treaveling current that moved up my spine, down my arms, pulsing out from my fingertips. I was practically radiating. The body knows things a long time before the mind catches up to them. I was wondering what my body knew that I didn't.”

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