"If my own current husband was suddenly a stay-at-home dad, it would be emasculating. That would be hard for me."

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Hanna Rosin

#Husband Quotes #Dad Quotes #Home Quotes

“EXTINCTION, n. The raw material out of which theology created the future state.”
“I went through some tough times because if you're used to having a voice in contemporary culture and all of sudden, you don't have that voice, you don't have that outlet. I didn't appreciate that. I didn't understand how important that was to me. And all of a sudden, after investing all this time and energy, I had no identity. I didn't know who I was. I didn't know what I had to say. I didn't have a way to say it. It was very painful.”
“There never was a moment in my life, when I felt so in the Presence, as I do now. I feel as if the Almighty were so real, and so near, that I could reach out and touch Him, as I could this wonderful work of His, if I dared. I feel like saying to Him: 'To the extent of my brain power I realize Your presence, and all it is in me to comprehend of Your power. Help me to learn, even this late, the lessons of Your wonderful creations. Help me to unshackle and expand my soul to the fullest realization of Your wonders. Almighty God, make me bigger, make me broader!”

Source : Gene Stratton-Porter (2006). “A Girl of the Limberlost”, p.208, Applewood Books
“Money is an echo of value. It's the thunder to Value's Lightning.”
“Iâ€™m just not interested.â€ â€œDo you have ovaries?â€ Jacob asked. I shot him a look. â€œYes.â€ â€¦ â€œThen how are you not interested.”
“I love you because you're a child and you're scared.' You're going to hurt me in the end. You're quite mad.”
“I was brought up an atheist and have always remained so. But at no time was I led to believe that morality was unimportant or that good and bad did not exist. I believe passionately in the need to distinguish between right and wrong and am somewhat confounded by being told I need God, Jesus or a clergyman to help me to do so.”
“My experience growing up in London and growing up in a working class background, is that when people are down and out, that's when they're probably the funniest. They have to be. That's what they do to cope, to find joy, cause they don't feel the joy inside. Or they use humor to keep people out.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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