"A well-read woman is a dangerous creature."

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Source : Lisa Kleypas (2008). “A Wallflower Christmas: A Novel”, p.91, Macmillan

Lisa Kleypas

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“As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections.”
“And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the most holy Body and Blood of our Lord. And when It is sacrificed on the altar by the priest or borne anywhere, let all the people on bended knees render praise, glory and honor to the True and Living Lord God.”
“Anarcho-capitalism, in my opinion, is a doctrinal system which, if ever implemented, would lead to forms of tyranny and oppression that have few counterparts in human history. There isn't the slightest possibility that its (in my view, horrendous) ideas would be implemented, because they would quickly destroy any society that made this colossal error. The idea of 'free contract' between the potentate and his starving subject is a sick joke, perhaps worth some moments in an academic seminar exploring the consequences of (in my view, absurd) ideas, but nowhere else.”
“Joy is big. Joy lives in your own drunken electrons, billions of them, spinning and dancing without end in their own intimate Universe, longing for You.”

Source : Judith Hanson Lasater (2016). “Living Your Yoga: Finding the Spiritual in Everyday Life”, p.125, Shambhala Publications
“In politics, if you're explaining, you're loosing.”

Source : "Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America". Book by Rick Perlstein, 2010.
“Winning does solve everything.”
“Liberty is not less a blessing, because oppression has so long darkened the mind that it can not appreciate it.”

Source : Lucretia Mott (1850). “Discourse on Woman”, p.14
“But with woodworking, it's really sort of gratifying to be able to have an actual piece to touch, and then step back and be able to share it.”

Source : "Luke Kirby’s Character Curveball". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 16, 2012.

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