"The successful truck gardener can never go out to dinner in the summer or spend a week end away, because his conscience tells him he has to be at home eating up his corn or packaging his beans for the freezer."

-- Phyllis McGinley

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“none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.”
“Loving, knowing, and respecting our bodies is a powerful and invincible act of rebellion in this society.”

Source : Inga Muscio (2002). “Cunt: A Declaration of Independence”, p.64, Seal Press
“In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you donâ€™t know, things you donâ€™t know that you donâ€™t know, conscious, unconscious, things which in a fragrant of a second you can react to: we can all imagine why this capacity was given to us as human beings - I guess to survive. Architecture to me has the same kind of capacity. It takes longer to capture, but the essence to me is the same. I call this atmosphere. When you experience a building and it gets to you. It sticks in your memory and your feelings. I guess thats what I am trying to do.”
“Schooling, by definition, must be conservative. It is naturally dependent on an older generationâ€™s level of knowledge and sense of values.”

Source : Leon Botstein (1997). “Jefferson's Children: Education and the Promise of American Culture”
“When you are faced with an important decision, be sure that your choice will lead you nearer to Christ.”
“Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, Shall win my love.”
“Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection. Unless she accepts it as such --as a beautiful, bountiful, but quite unequal association --the going will be hard indeed.”

Source : Phyllis McGinley (1962). “The province of the heart”
“It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules.”

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