"When the wind blows,the grass bends."

-- Confucius

#Blow Quotes #Wind Quotes #Grass Quotes

“The possibilities. Is there any greater pain to know what could be, and yet be powerless to make it be?”
“I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.”
“At least this is the way I see it. I am a physicist. I also consider myself a Christian. As I try to understand the nature of our universe in these two modes of thinking, I see many commonalities and crossovers between science and religion. It seems logical that in the long run the two will even converge.”
“As the future ripens in the past, so the past rots in the future -- a terrible festival of dead leaves.”

Source : Anna Andreevna Akhmatova, Stanley Kunitz, Max Hayward (1997). “Избранные Стихи”, p.149, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is justifiable before me. Therefore, I, the Lord, justify you, and your brethren of my church, in befriending that law which is the constitutional law of the land.”
“We respect opposition to any position or policy. But we believe that the opinion that should prevail and be respected is that of the majority.”
“The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument.”
“For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary.”

Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)

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