#om

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons. ↗

— Meg Cabot

#cold #comfort #farm #favorite #gibbons

Why? Will no man ever do something without a why? Just like that? For the hell of it? ↗

— Michael Cacoyannis

#hell #just #like #man #something

What is true of Mr. Mill's influence on the women's-suffrage question is true also of the other political movements in which he took an active interest. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#also #influence #interest #mill #movements

What he has done for women is final: he gave to their service the best powers of his mind and the best years of his life. His death consecrates the gift: it can never lessen its value. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#consecrates #death #done #final #gave

It is important from time to time to slow down, to go away by yourself, and simply be. ↗

— Eileen Caddy

#down #from time to time #go #go away #important

A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#anxiety #conviction #disabilities #due #education

Just as radical heirs apparent are said to lay aside all inconvenient revolutionary opinions when they come to the throne, it was believed that Mr. Mill in Parliament would be an entirely different person from Mr. Mill in his study. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#aside #believed #come #different #different person

The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those objects the advocacy of which forms the chief feature of his political writings. ↗

— Millicent Fawcett

#assertion #chief #coming #does #failed

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine. ↗

— William Feather

#enjoying #making #people #preparation #rainy

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome. ↗

— Julius Caesar

#had #i #rather #rome #second