"Women are like tea bags.They do not know how strong they are until they get into hot water."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt

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“The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight.”
“What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?”

Source : Kate Atkinson (2013). “Life After Life”, p.11, Random House
“If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.”
“Penning an advice column for the literary website The Rumpus, [Strayed] worked anonymously, using the pen name Sugar, replying to letters from readings suffering everything from loveless marriages to abusive, drug-addicted brothers to disfiguring illnesses. The result: intimate, in-depth essays that not only took the letter writer's life into account but also Strayed's. Collected in a book, they make for riveting, emotionally charged reading (translation: be prepared to bawl) that leaves you significantly wiser for the experience. . . . Moving. . . . compassionate.”
“I probably watch movies more than I actually listen to music, I think.”
“I didn't react visually. This girl came up and knelt over the body and let out a God-awful scream that made me click the camera. (On photographing Mary Vecchio with slain student Jeffery Miller during the shootings of students at Kent State, April, 1970.)”
“It's been a wonderful career, I couldn't ask for anything more.”
“A shoe has so much more to offer than just to walk.”

Source : Twitter post from May 22, 2013

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