#once

I understood and appreciated the miracle of birth, but I did not understand motherhood, nor did I appreciate the oveselling of it. To me it was a choice, one of many options. To others it was what women did. We were supposed to breed. It had been decided for us. Society expected it. Religion demanded it. ↗

— Judy Morgan

#motherhood-once-removed #no-kidding #religion

If a man thinks he is not conceited, he is very conceited indeed. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#ego #self-worth #ego

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#entirely #held #his #husband #influence

I'll find myself having dinner with people and someone will mention something and I will say I was in that situation once. Then I'll say, forget it, it was a scene I was in. That can get to be quite confusing. ↗

— Christian Bale

#dinner #find #forget #get #having

Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#every #every man #fall #gorgeous #his

You see much more of your children once they leave home. ↗

— Lucille Ball

#children #home #leave #more #much

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#closer #comes #concepts #eternal #eternal peace

What is art? Nature concentrated. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#concentrated #nature

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#childlike #flight #giants #great #great man

Once the last trace of emotion has been eradicated, nothing remains of thought but absolute tautology. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#been #emotion #eradicated #last #nothing