"Olympia thinks often about desire - desire that stops the breath, that causes a preoccupied pause in the midst of uttering a sentence - and how it may upend a life and threaten to dissolve the soul."

-- Anita Shreve

#Thinking Quotes #Soul Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I have a million nightingales on the branches of my heart singing freedom.”

Source : Susan Straight (2008). “A Million Nightingales”, p.285, Anchor
“Access to knowledge is the superb, the supreme act of truly great civilizations. Of all the institutions that purport to do this, free libraries stand virtually alone in accomplishing this mission. No committee decides who may enter, no crisis of body or spirit must accompany the entrant. No tuition is charged, no oath sworn, no visa demanded. Of the monuments humans build for themselves, very few say - touch me, use me, my hush is not indifference, my space is not barrier. If I inspire awe, it is because I am in awe of you and the possibilities that dwell in you.”
“No attribute of God is more dreadful to sinners than His holiness.”
“All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.”
“Children who are not encouraged to do, to try, to explore, to master, and to risk failure, often feel helpless and inadequate. Over-controlled by anxious, fearful parents, these children often become anxious and fearful themselves. This makes it difficult for them to mature. Many never outgrow the need for ongoing parental guidance and control. As a result, their parents continue to invade, manipulate, and frequently dominate their lives.”
“You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders - and their funders are not all of us - our system will not work”
“I certainly would have regretted not getting into wrestling. It's been very lucrative for me and I've been fortunate to get into it and make money and not do anything stupid where I invested in something that collapsed.”
“Atheism leads to numerous absurdities promoted by otherwise intelligent people.”

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