"Mothers remember a child's first words, and quote them in tones usually reserved for Byron."

-- Letty Cottin Pogrebin

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“If you are content with being nobody in particular, content not to stand out, you align yourself with the power of the universe. What looks like weakness to the ego is in fact the only true strength. This spiritual truth is diametrically opposed to the values of our contemporary culture and the way it conditions people to behave.”
“Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.”

Source : Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1969). “History of Women Suffrage”, Ayer Co Pub
“Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.”
“There is no graceful way to carry hatred.”

Source : Alice Walker (2013). “Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems”, p.12, New World Library
“Talk. We are going to talk first. I want to see you smile and laugh. I want to know what your favorite show was when you were a kid and who made you cry at school and what boy band you hung posters of on your wall. Then I want you naked in my bed again.”
“My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.”
“We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.”
“Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.”

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