"And I realize now that that was . . . thatâ€™s the best way to love someone. Hold them close, know that youâ€™re loved, let it wash over you"

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Source : Esther Earl, Lori Earl, Wayne Earl (2014). “This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl”, p.366, Penguin UK

Esther Earl

#Over You Quotes #Way Quotes #Realizing Quotes

“Christ was crucified by the Jews who had wanted a temporal ruler to rescue them from the oppressive Roman authorities. Instead God sent them a spiritual leader to rescue them from their sins.... He was not what the Jews had expected so they considered Him a threat. Thus He was put to death.”
“The nationalism I seek is one that decolonizes the brown and female body as it decolonizes the brown and female earth”

Source : Cherríe Moraga, Irma Mayorga (2001). “The Hungry Woman”
“I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For the first time scholarships to go to the West to study were awarded on academic merit.”
“The Holy Spirit said I was blessed and was going to touch hearts everywhere.”
“When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude. Information that is consistent with our pre-existing beliefs is often accepted at face value, whereas evidence that contradicts them is critically scrutinized and discounted. Our beliefs may thus be less responsive than they should to the implications of new information”

Source : Thomas Gilovich (2008). “How We Know What Isn't So”, p.50, Simon and Schuster
“The United States has an active pharmaceutical industry that has brought huge benefits to the U.S. public. Most Americans, who benefit from these advances, have little understanding of how difficult it is to create an important new medical therapy and make it available to improve public health.”
“It's only too late if you don't start now.”
“I think it is immensely difficult to get the U.S. interested in non-U.S. topics. I dont think this is because the average American reader is disinterested, but more because of publishers playing it safe: if a thriller based in L.A. is a sure winner, why spend money plugging one based in Paris - or Bangkok?”

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