"The erotic is a resource within each of us that lies in a deeply female and spiritual plane, firmly rooted in the power of our unexpressed or unrecognized feeling. . . ."

-- Audre Lorde

#Spiritual Quotes #Lying Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like hes a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that youre on your way into the grave.”
“Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.”
“With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.”

Source : "My wish: Protect our oceans". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February 2009.
“Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.”
“The extreme side of my personality, which I chose to sort of display, was snowballing and getting a life of its own. It was like looking in a mirror and not recognising myself.”
“Tradition is a challenge to innovation..”
“When bad things happened to other people, I imagined them happening to me. I didnâ€™t know if this was empathy or theft.”

Source : Leslie Jamison (2014). “The Empathy Exams: Essays”, p.20, Granta Books
“As straight Americans we have two choices: we can choose to sit back and enjoy our rights as we have them, or we can realize that it is actually not freedom at all when our friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues do not share these basic rights.”

Source : "Straight Allies: The Importance and the Realities" by Jack Antonoff, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 16, 2012.

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