"I never had a particularly strong craving to procreate, except for earlier fantasies of wanting to be Marmee in Little Women."

-- Anne Lamott

#Strong Quotes #Littles Quotes #Fantasy Quotes

“What always strikes me in the story of Cain and Abel is how often the word "brother" is used. Cain killed his "brother." God says it was "the blood of your brother." The killing was done to another human being, a child of God like you, breaking that sacred bond of common humanity.”

Source : Source: reflections.yale.edu
“Let us lend cheerfully, for the time is pretty sure to come when we will wish to borrow.”
“In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country.”
“I worry that drugs have forced us to be more creative than we really are.”
“I think of the need for more wisdom in the world, to deal with the knowledge that we have. At one time we had wisdom, but little knowledge. Now we have a great deal of knowledge, but do we have enough wisdom to deal with that knowledge?”

Source : "Congressional Gold Medal". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 16, 1991.
“The whole question of evolution seems less momentous than it did, because, unlike the Victorians, we do not feel that to be descended from animals is degrading to human dignity.”
“The exercise of reason is not available only to specialists; it is accessible to everyone.”

Source : Stephen Greenblatt (2011). “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern”, p.180, W. W. Norton & Company
“I thought how tenuous the links were between mother and children between friends family things you think are eternal. Everything could be lost more easily than anyone could imagine.”

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