"A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast."

-- Angela Carter

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“There was some rhythm, some ecstasy in this dance of flight that expressed the fact that happiness which touches depths and rises beyond physical confines is as old as consciousness, yet ever renewed, and is like the glorying flight of the birds”

Source : Elyne Mitchell (1947). “Images in Water”
“I've always believed the greater danger is not aiming too high, but too low, settling for a bogey rather than shooting for an eagle.”
“I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win.”
“When I was younger, I was like full eyeliner, tons of mascara, blush, and a red lip thinking, Oh, this is sexy. And now I think natural is better.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com
“Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.”
“Your background and environment is with you for life. No question about that.”
“And most of all, it means continually drawing connections among these seemingly disparate strugglesâ€”asserting, for instance, that the logic that would cut pensions, food stamps, and health care before increasing taxes on the rich is the same logic that would blast the bedrock of the earth to get the last vapors of gas and the last drops of oil before making the shift to renewable energy.”
“But just because it burns doesn't mean you're gonna die. You've gotta get up and try, try, try.”

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