"The young intellectuals are all chanting, "Revolution, Revolution," but I say the revolution will have to start in our homes, by achieving equal rights for women."

-- Qiu Jin

#Home Quotes #Rights Quotes #Justice Quotes

“Interestingly, the very experience of fear itself is the tip-off moment, the signal that a possibility for action is opening up and so a choice needs to be made.”

Source : Robert Biswas-Diener (2012). “The Courage Quotient: How Science Can Make You Braver”, p.147, John Wiley & Sons
“You may batter your way through the thick of the fray, You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt; You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule Should ever be kept at the front;-- Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head And kick every worriment out of the bed.”

Source : Edmund Vance Cooke, “Don't Take Your Troubles To Bed”
“When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune.”
“Have you ever longed for someone so much, so deeply that you thought you would die? That your heart would just stop beating? I am longing now, but for whom I don't know. My whole body craves to be held. I am desperate to love and be loved. I want my mind to float into another's. I want to be set free from despair by the love I feel for another. I want to be physically part of someone else. I want to be joined. I want to be open and free to explore every part of them, as though I were exploring myself.”
“When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Some angels got jealous and chopped him into millions of pieces, but still he glittered and hummed. So they beat him down to nothing but sparks but each little spark had a shine and a song. So they covered each one over with mud. And the lonesomeness in the sparks make them hunt for one another.”
“I've been dancing forever; since I remember, that's what I've been doing.”

Source : "Tyler James Williams and Quinn Shephard Interviewed - 'Unaccompanied Minors'". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 08, 2006.
“Someday, my young friend, you'll find out that girls are actually people too. Just like you and me.”

Source : Heather Brewer (2011). “First Kill”, p.60, Penguin
“If you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams.”

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