"Desires collide; the wish to eat bumping up against the wish to be thin, the desire to indulge conflicting with the injunction to restrain. Small wonder food makes a woman nervous."

-- Caroline Knapp

#Wish Quotes #Desire Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“Aristotle could have known so much more if he cooked.”
“Be kinder to yourself. And then let your kindness flood the world.”

Source : "Practicing Peace in Times of War". Book by Pema Chödrön, www.huffingtonpost.com. 2007.
“I couldn't join a party that, frankly, tolerates members who are bigots for one thing, homophobes, racists.”

Source : "Ron Reagan calls Iraq war unnecessary and optional". Interview with Judy Woodruff, www.cnn.com. June 24, 2004.
“Yes, there were gas chambers. Millions of Jews died. There is no question. I don't know the figures. I'm not an expert on the Holocaust.”

Source : " David Irving jailed for Holocaust denial", www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2006.
“I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my age, I begin this work.”

Source : John Woolman (2013). “journal”, p.27, Lulu.com
“Here I am in a rabbit run, here I am in a valley of pine, waiting for you to find me. I could pretend Iâ€™m speaking to everyoneâ€”assume a middle distance and transcend myselfâ€”but Iâ€™m taking to you and you know it.”
“I am always a competitor and my wife and son have never seen me wrestle.”

Source : Source: www.oklafan.com
“In the last analysis, a pickle is a cucumber with experience.”

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