#men

I’ve been held down like a piece of meat while monsters disguised as men violated me again & again. ↗

— Gladys Lawson

#sex-trafficking #men

It strikes me you might place your gifts better. Why should you send powder to a ruffian who will use it to commit crimes? But for the deplorable weakness every one here seems to have for the bandits, they would have disappeared out of Corsica long ago." "The worst men in our country are not those who are 'in the country.'" "Give them bread, if it so please you. But I will not have you supply them with ammunition." "Brother," said Colomba, in a serious voice, "you are master here, and everything in this house belongs to you. But I warn you that I will give this little girl my mezzaro, so that she may sell it; rather than refuse powder to a bandit. ↗

— Prosper Mérimée

#corsica #honor #outlaws #men

There is no such thing as a man-eating shark, only shark-eating men exist. ↗

— Melissa Haynes

#shark-conservation #sharkfin-soup #men

You do realize that if anything happens to you, my son will be devastated?” Ella’s throat closed. She really didn’t want to think about James, not when he was in so much danger. She nodded. “I know.” “Then make sure nothing happens to you. This Kingdom needs a Queen who can show these men we’re not all delicate little flowers. ↗

— Michelle Smart

#humor #men

You know about the Mother Goddess - the first female god, a fat woman with a lion on one side and a child between her legs. She was the first god of humankind. Do you know why than ancient people of Anatolia chose her as their god? Because men were not aware of their roles as impregnators. They thought that it was the wind, the rain, the rivers, in short, nature, that impregnated women. And this was not at all a strange idea at the time. People viewed themselves as part of nature. They thought birth was magic, a miracle. ↗

— Ahmet Ümit

#hittites #humanity #nature #women #men

All the authors I studied, all the historical figures, with the exception of George Washington Carver, and all those figures I looked upon as having importance were white men. I didn't mind that they were men, or even white men. What I did mind was that being white seemed to play so important a part in the assigning of values. ↗

— Walter Dean Myers

#men

Every new day is an opportunity given to you on a platter of gold.Chibuoka www.smashwords.com/books/view/161524 ↗

— Chibuoka Chukwudebelu Okoye

#self-development #self-inspiration #self-motivation #inspirational

Musicians tend to get bored playing the same thing over and over, so I think it's natural to experiment. ↗

— Dimebag Darrell

#experiment #get #i #i think #musicians

Doubters don't mean a damn thing. I doubt it'll rain tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I control the rain. What I think has no bearing on what is. The wise ask questions, Perry. The weak doubt. ↗

— Veronica Rossi

#inspirational #self-improvement #wisdom #inspirational

I’ve long believed that the gods give us the music we’re supposed to hear at the times we’re supposed to hear it, because all music, even lyrical and regardless of language performed in, is in and of itself an inherently magical language that can, at proper times, speak to the soul. ↗

— Ruadhán J. McElroy

#inspirational #magic #inspirational