"It was very bad if the council had resorted to recruiting men. By tradition men were our last line of defence, their physical strength bent towards the single and most important task of protecting our homes and children. This meant the council had decided that our only defence was to defeat the enemy, period. Anything else meant the end of Darre."

-- N.K. Jemisin

#Children Quotes #Home Quotes #Men Quotes

“It is an altogether wrong idea that the modern product of civilization is less susceptible to love. I sometimes think it is the other way.”

Source : Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897). “Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland”
“We can't look to the world to restore our worth; we're here to restore our worth to the world. The world outside us can reflect our glory, but it cannot create it. It cannot crown us. Only God can crown us, and he already has.”
“Trace the stars with your fingers in hopes youâ€™ll connect the dots, but donâ€™t get caught in the lines that arenâ€™t really there â€˜cause there is life in every breath you take and there is hope with every move you make, and every single mistake you think youâ€™ve made should make you feel alive â€˜cause you only have one chance to live in this spec we call life.”
“What's important is the tolerance. If people are not beating other people up, or shooting them for being different, then that's progress. Even if the ideas that go through their head are fodder for novelists.”

Source : "Subjects That Interest Most People". Interview with Amy Feltman, logger.believermag.com. July 20, 2015.
“Man asks and God replies but we don't understand his replies because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.”
“False Hustle = cheap fouls, lunging, reaching, etc.”
“Nothing is more powerful and liberating than knowledge.”
“They say that depression is anger you turn on yourself, and I think women do that.”

Source : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.

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