"â€¦words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her food and drink too--and if it is attacked or pulled down, why, what can she do but make more, spin afresh, design anewâ€¦."

-- A. S. Byatt

#Home Quotes #Safety Quotes #Design Quotes

“All weddings are similar, but every marriage is different.”
“Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.”
“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”
“When you study history, you're really studying yourself. Every bit of history I've uncovered about my own family has some remnant in myself.”
“But really, for me, I tried to find first-person accounts. I tried to read stories from men and women who had survived slavery because it's different when you hear it from their mouths instead of reading it from a history book.”

Source : "Jurnee Smollett-Bell Gets Deep About Underground, a Slave Narrative That Will Make You Proud to Be Black". Interview with Ronda Racha Penrice, www.theroot.com. March 9, 2016.
“People mainly fail because they fear failure.”
“I did exhibitions with the Surrealists (in Paris, in 1929) because their attitude revolted against 'art' and their attitude toward life itself was wise, as was Dada's.”
“San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans”

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