#or

They need to practice harder," he said. 'If they're really going to do this, they need to work much harder.' 'They will," I assured him. 'But they got better, right?' Baz laughed. 'Are you going to stand in front of them during their gigs too? If so, make sure you get equal billing. People will pay a lot to see the girl with the broom. ↗

— Antony John

#dumb #five-flavors-of-dumb #fun #gigs #equality

But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#hunchback-of-notre-dame #quasimodo #victor-hugo #equality

We cannot keep turning our backs on gay and lesbian Americans. I have fought too hard and too long against discrimination based on race and color not to stand up against discrimination based on sexual orientation. ↗

— John Lewis

#equal-rights #gays #lesbians #racial-discrimination #sexual-orientation

And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#humor #equality

Just tell me one more personal thing about yourself. I’m much more comfortable with Gabe than I am with Force.” “Force equals mass times acceleration,” he said. ↗

— Olivia Cunning

#melanie #equality

Love is the unification of two equal opposites to create new love." ~ Amunhotep El Bey ↗

— Amunhotep El Bey

#philosophical #philosophy #romance #wisdom #wisdom-quote

Quoting Samuel Johnson: "Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves. ↗

— James Boswell

#equality #fear #gender #intelligence #men

A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#poe #short-stories #the-cask-of-amontillado #equality

Don’t worry, due’ane,” He murmured lowly....“Who’s Dewey Anne.” I asked him, voice gruff. He was so familiar, this Bracken, but so strange, naked next to me. I could touch him, I realized with wonder. I could run my hands from his flank to his shoulder, and he would welcome the touch because he was mine. You are.” He whispered, and I met his eyes. “It’s elfish, the feminine noun for ‘other equal half’. You are my other. My everything.” --Wounded (Bracken and Cory) ↗

— Amy Lane

#faeries #magic #paranormal-romance #equality

Darkness doesn't always equal Evil just as Light doesn't bring Good ↗

— P.C. Cast

#equality