"parenting is an exercise in unintended consequences."

--

Stacy Schiff

#Exercise Quotes #Unintended Consequences Quotes #Consequence Quotes

“It's a lot of work living the life that you want to live, but that's what I'm doing.”
“I try to keep my eyes and ears open all the time for the bones of my next song: things people say, melodies I hear in my head, and little musical parts I may stumble across. I write them down or record them on my phone. Whatever I need to do to keep the idea for later when I have the time to sit down with it. So writing for me is a 24/7 pursuit.”
“Friends are like fiddle strings; they must not be screwed too tight.”
“I didn't want to be different. I longed to be everything grownups wanted, so they would love me. I followed all their rules, tried my best to please. But there was something about me that made them knit their eyebrows and frown. No one ever offered a name for what was wrong with me. That's what made me afraid it was really bad. I only came to recognize its melody through this constant refrain: 'Is that a boy or a girl?'”

Source : Leslie Feinberg (2010). “Stone Butch Blues”, p.14, ReadHowYouWant.com
“It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.”

Source : Russell Lynes (1991). “Life in the slow lane: observations on art, architecture, manners and other such spectator sports”, Harpercollins
“Rick Perry is the perfect candidate for those who thought George W. Bush was just too dang cerebral. And Adios, Mofo is the perfect guide to his record, his rhetoric and his remarkable hair. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll vote.”

Source : "MSNBC Live Brings On 'Adios Mofo' Author to Slam Rick Perry". www.newsbusters.org. June 5, 2015.
“It won't hurt you. It's just to kill plants. It's called Agent Orange...and it won't bother humans.”
“The modern idea of a Great Man is one who stands at the lonely extremity of some single line of development--”

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