"Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work."

-- Adrienne Rich

#Strong Women Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Mean Quotes

“I'd rather sell reefer than do pizza delivery.”

Source : Song: Capital Punishment, Album: Capital Punishment, 1998
“I'm not someone who shies away from darkness being funny.”
“Only one feat is possible: not to have run away.”
“Whenever conscience speaks with a divided, uncertain, and disputed voice, it is not the voice of God. Descend still deeper into yourself, until you hear nothing but a clear, undivided voice, a voice which does away with doubt and brings with it persuasion, light, and serenity.”
“There is no remedy so powerful against the heat of concupiscence as the remembrance of our Savior's Passion. In all my difficulties I never found anything so efficacious as the wounds of Christ: In them I sleep secure; from them I derive new life.”
“Writing is not something you can do or you can't. It's not even something that 'other people do' or 'for smart people only' or even 'for people who finished school and went to University'. Nonsense. Anyone can do it. But no-one can do it straight off the bat. Like plastering, brain surgery or assembling truck engines, you have to do a bit of training - get your hands dirty - and make some mistakes.”
“When I lose my larger sense of supporting people to be their best, I lessen my contact with the God inside me.”
“The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupying.”

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