"I tasted the bread and wine of equality."

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Source : Anzia Yezierska (1950). “Red ribbon on a white horse”

Anzia Yezierska

#Wine Quotes #Equality Quotes #Bread Quotes

“Pike put down the cat. He slid from Pike's arms like molasses and puddled at his feet.”

Source : Robert Crais (2008). “Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel”, p.163, Simon and Schuster
“Given the fact that most religions share basic values, it is most unfortunate that religious people can be played off against each other so easily. One possible reason for this may be that people do not know enough about other people's beliefs.”
“TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.”
“Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.”
“Going beyond one's backyard grants one perspective.”
“If I wrote at all, I must throw myself headlong into the great political maelstrom, and would of course be swallowed up like a fishing-boat in the great Norway horror which decorated our school geographies; for no woman had ever done such a thing, and I could never again hold up my head under the burden of shame and disgrace which would be heaped upon me. But what matter? I had no children to dishonor; all save one who had ever loved me were dead, and she no longer needed me, and if the Lord wanted some one to throw into that gulf, no one could be better spared than I.”
“I wanted to make a traditional record that had a lot of art and showed my vulnerable side and showed things I'm passionate about.”
“I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet.”

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