I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life.

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes.

Mary Astell

I don't like when people say 'I can't believe I wasted the whole day reading.' Diving into another world to free your mind is hardly a waste.

Chris Stocking

The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

Gaston Bachelard

Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power.

Gloria Steinem

There is no need to waste pity on young girls who are having their moments of disillusionment, for in another moment they will recover their illusion.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

William Ellery Channing

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

Sir Winston Churchill

At 13, when I was a runaway, I was taken in by the most amazing drag queens in Portland, Ore. We didn't always know where our next meal was coming from, but there was so much camaraderie and love. Not to mention, those girls could paint a face, and I learned how because of them.

Rose McGowan

When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity.

Mae West

Catastrophes come when some dominant institution, swollen like a soap-bubble and still standing without foundations, suddenly crumbles at the touch of what may seem a word or an idea, but is really some stronger material force.

George Santayana, Persons and Pl

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

Cornel West

One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed.

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