#order

I think the most interesting parts of human experience might be the sparks that come from that sort of chipping flint of cultures rubbing against each other. And living on the border between Mexico and the U.S. for so many years gave me a lot of insight into that. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#between #border #chipping #come #cultures

We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe. ↗

— Alfred Kinsey

#describe #facts #judges #recorders #reporters

In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today. ↗

— Lincoln Kirstein

#absolute freedom #anarchy #anxious #aristocratic #authority

What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos. ↗

— Kerry Thornley

#chaos #form #imagine #merely #order

Organized religion preaches Order and Love but spawns Chaos and Fury. Why? ↗

— Kerry Thornley

#fury #love #order #organized #organized religion

Where's my food? When is it coming? What did I order, anyway? ↗

— Lawrence Tierney

#coming #did #food #i #order

The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves. ↗

— Willem de Kooning

#artist #attitude #chaotic #hope #i

There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

#jobs #keep #many #may #order

The first ten, twelve or fifteen years of life are excavated of inherent moral worth in order to accommodate a regimen of basic training for the adult years that many of the poorest children may not even live to know. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#adult #basic #children #even #fifteen

Fat bitch," Kessa murmured as the door scraped closed behind Mrs. Stone. "She meant well, Francesca. And you see, everyone thinks you're too thin." "Since when is Mrs. Stone an authority on appearance. I've heard you say a thousand times that she looks like an old hooker." "I never said anything of the sort. What I said was that she wears too much makeup and her clothes are indiscreet." "Which means she looks like an old hooker. Well, if that's the way a woman is supposed to look, I'd rather be too skinny." Kessa felt a flash of pleasure at the argument. Just let her mother try to push food into her now. ↗

— Steven Levenkron

#argument #bitch #eating-disorder #fat #fight