"Ah, yes, my social life â€” a series of encounters where we briefly debate who is in the greater rush."

-- Robert Breault

#Encounters Quotes #Haste Quotes #Debate Quotes

“The bravest battle that ever was fought; Shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not; It was fought by the mothers of men.”

Source : Joaquin Miller (1975). “Joaquin Miller's Poems”, New York : AMS Press
“I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.”
“I could not get my fill of looking. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.”
“I was given baby doll toys myself, and they proved a stark reminder that my life was expected to revolve around childbearing - just as my mom's had before me, and her mom's had before her.”
“No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.”
“In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.”
“There are cultures in which it is believed that a name contains all a persons mystical power. That a name should be known only to God and to the person who holds it and to very few privileged others. To pronounce such a name either ones own or someone else's is to invite jeopardy. This it seemed was such a name.”
“'Faith' Him When You Can't Feel Him.”

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