“High heels were invented by a woman who had once been kissed on the forehead.”
― Rita Mae Brown, quote from Six of One
“Put your money in your head, that way no one can take it from you.”
― Rita Mae Brown, quote from Six of One
“Do you think it's possible that love multiples? We're taught to think it divides. There's only so much to go around, like diamonds. It multiples.”
― Rita Mae Brown, quote from Six of One
“I'm not an addictive personality, I just like getting high, that's all.”
― Rita Mae Brown, quote from Six of One
“When the corpses are cleared no new order will emerge. Power, society, relationships, will descend in all their confusion on a new generation. The old, who started this conflagration, will retreat, worn out, the survivors and the young will continue the dance.”
― Rita Mae Brown, quote from Six of One
“Whenever a young thing wants to be free minus serious thought, she gets pregnant and then gets married. Voilà!”
― Rita Mae Brown, quote from Six of One
“How much we know ourselves is extremely important but how we treat ourselves is the most important.”
― Brené Brown, quote from The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings of Authenticity, Connections and Courage
“Weak in body makes for weak in mind.”
― E.J. Squires, quote from Wraithsong
“41†So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. The Fellowship of the Believers 42‡†And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43†And awe [4] came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. 44†And all who believed were together and had all things in common. 45†And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. 46And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, 47†praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.”
― quote from Study Bible-ESV
“Alexis de Tocqueville, the French thinker who keenly chronicled early American society, described the consequences of ever-increasing choice more than 170 years ago:
In America I have seen the freest and best educated of men in circumstances the happiest to be found in the world; yet it seemed to me that a cloud habitually hung on their brow, and they seemed serious and almost sad even in their pleasures…. They clutch everything but hold nothing fast, and so lose grip as they hurry after some new delight.”
― Sheena Iyengar, quote from The Art of Choosing
“You were a city exiled from skin, your mouth a burning church.”
― Warsan Shire, quote from Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth
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