"Dates are hard to remember because they consist of figures; figures are monotonously unstriking in appearance, and they don't take hold, they form no pictures, and so they give the eye no chance to help. Pictures are the thing. Pictures can make dates stick."

-- Mark Twain

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“Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective means of restraining crimes than the permanent example of a man deprived of his liberty during the whole of his life to make amends for the injury he has done to the public.”
“Baseball is fathers and sons. Football is brothers beating each other up in the backyard.”

Source : Donald Hall (2017). “Fathers Playing Catch with Sons: Essays on Sport (Mostly Baseball)”, p.35, North Point Press
“While we appreciate our ancestry as Americans or even our ethnic ancestry and our color of skin, we believe that our real citizenship is in Heaven.”
“Women didn't want to watch other women on television because they were jealous of their husbands' diverted attention.”
“The muscles of writing are not so visible, but they are just as powerful: determination, attention, curiosity, a passionate heart.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2009). “Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir”, p.1, Simon and Schuster
“I'm a sappy mom now. I didn't think I would be. I thought I'd be a cool mom who keeps everything in perspective.”
“During our dreams we do not know we are dreaming. We may even dream of interpreting a dream. Only on waking do we know it was a dream. Only after the great awakening will we realize that this is the great dream.”
“There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and all social institutions reflected this attitude. Even modern sayings, such as the Cheyenne statement that a people is not conquered until the hearts of the women are on the ground, express the Indians understanding that without the power of woman the people will not live, but with it, they will endure and prosper.”

Source : Paula Gunn Allen (2015). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, p.172, Open Road Media

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