"Parents and leaders should give early help to the blase girl who is often overpainted and underdressed. She is the picture of an unhappy girl whose physical adornments, to her thinking, don't invite adequate attention. Heaven help the girl who gets the kind of attention she is seeking by being overpainted and underdressed! She will rue the day, of course, when she gets the kind of attention her flagrant invitation is giving."

-- Mark E. Petersen

#Girl Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Lunatics have no age. If we were crazy, you and I, we might be a great deal younger.”

Source : Yasunari Kawabata (2013). “The Sound of the Mountain”, p.111, Vintage
“The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.”
“Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.”

Source : "The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners". Book by Geoff Tibballs (p. 128), 2004.
“In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between our deliberate strategies and the unanticipated alternatives that emerge.”
“The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.”
“I loved raising my kids. I loved the process, the dirt of it, the tears of it, the frustration of it, Christmas, Easter, birthdays, growth charts, pediatrician appointments. I loved all of it.”

Source : "Jane Elliot Dishes Her Role as General Hospital's Queen of Mean". Interview with Michael Logan, www.tvguide.com. May 15, 2012.
“I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking.”
“American history is a quagmire, and the more one knows, the quaggier the mire gets.”

Source : Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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