#are

Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#books #confide #dare #going #never

Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#committed #convinced #me #parents #paris

I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#art #beards #careers #change #could

One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category. ↗

— Faye Wattleton

#commentaries #felt #fit #had #i

You see that it is not at all like Rodin... I share these only with you, don't show them. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#like #only #rodin #see #share

I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#being #cannot #going #happen #hard

While some dismiss the Bible as a dusty old book, I view its pages as portals to adventure. Not only is the book chock-full of clever plots and compelling stories, but it’s laced with historical insights and literary beauty. When I open the Scripture, I imagine myself exploring an ancient kingdom . . . With every encounter, I learn something new about their life journeys and am reminded that the Bible is more than a record of the human quest for God: it’s the revelation of God’s quest for us.” - Scouting the Divine ↗

— Margaret Feinberg

#margaret-feinberg #scouting-the-divine #beauty

My main concern is when it's 2-0, I've got to keep it at 2-0. It gives us a little more of a chance. To give up four more runs, that isn't going to get it done. I don't care who you're facing or who you're playing, it's not going to get it done. ↗

— Roger Clemens

#chance #concern #done #facing #four

He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich and that they in turn will care for the laboring poor. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

#government #laboring #mocks #people #poor

Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#become #careful #democracies