#ere

I invented 'It's a good thing' before you were even born. ↗

— Martha Stewart

#before #born #even #good #good thing

To be me is to be different... ↗

— Robert Fanney

#left-out #lonely #luthiel #self #dreams

The greater puzzle of universal wisdom and beauty that we have strived to honor through our work includes the profound legacies of world artistic and spiritual traditions, the innate integrity of human communities where people seek to live in social harmony, and that regenerative stream of life sustained upon the earth itself as it spins through the cosmos to the music of the spheres. ↗

— Luther E. Vann

#art #art-books #beauty #communities #creativity

When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch. ↗

— Bette Davis

#double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender #hypocrisy

Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. ↗

— Helen Gurley Brown

#bad girls #everywhere #go #good #good girls

Derek caught my arm again as I started to move--at this rate, it was going to be as sore as my injured one. "Dog," he said, jerking his chin toward the fenced yard. "It was inside earlier." Expecting to see a Doberman slavering at the fence, I followed his gaze to a little puff of white fur, the kind of dog women stick in their purses. It wasn't even barking, just staring at us, dancing in place. "Oh, my God! It's a killer Pomeranian." I glanced up at Derek. "It's a tough call, but I think you can take him. ↗

— Kelley Armstrong

#derek #dog #women

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. ↗

— Rebecca West

#been #call #differentiate #doormat #express

Oh, don't be a spoilsport. Gossip is sexy. Gossip is good. Not everybody does it, but everybody should! ↗

— Cecily von Ziegesar

#serena #sexy

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others. ↗

— Albert Camus

#self-centeredness #selfishness #happy

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#satisfaction #serenity #happy