#me

Nector [speaking to Bernadette] could have told her, having drunk down the words of Nanapush, that comfort is not security and money in the hand disappears. He could have told her that only the land matters and never to let go of the papers, the titles, the tracks of the words, all those things that his ancestors never understood how the vital relationship to the dirt and grass under their feet. ↗

— Louise Erdrich

#native-american #ojibwe #prophesy #treaty #money

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#independent #lady #me #meant #mother

Blessed is the man who has some congenial work, some occupation in which he can put his heart, and which affords a complete outlet to all the forces there are in him. ↗

— John Burroughs

#blessed #complete #congenial #forces #heart

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. ↗

— John Burroughs

#easily #however #like #men #more

The secret of happiness is something to do. ↗

— John Burroughs

#secret #something

I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#back #come #day #far #getting

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#place #sadness #sentimentality

What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; love's the cloudless summer sun, nature gay adorning. ↗

— Robert Burton

#life #love #morning #nature #night

I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#being in love #crucial #i #like #live

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

#become #career #did #envisioned #i