#preservation

I believe the preservation of the home in the future lies almost entirely in the hands of men. ↗

— Agnes Macphail

#believe #entirely #future #hands #home

If the preservation of the home means the enslavement of women, economically or morally, then we had better break it. ↗

— Agnes Macphail

#break #economically #enslavement #had #home

Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe. ↗

— Andrew Marvell

#creatures #doth #except #first #great

The faithful clamoured to be buried alongside the martyrs, as close as possible to the venerable remains, a custom which, in anthropological terms, recalls Neolithic beliefs that certain human remains possessed supernatural properties. It was believed that canonized saints did not rot, like lesser mortals, but that their corpses were miraculously preserved and emanated an odour of sanctity, a sweet, floral smell, for years after death. In forensic terms, such preservation is likely to be a result of natural mummification in hot, dry conditions. ↗

— Catharine Arnold

#death #martyrs #preservation #saints #sanctity

I have long been active in and supportive of conservation and historical preservation causes. ↗

— Jack L. Chalker

#been #causes #conservation #historical #i

Zoos should concentrate more on the preservation side of things. ↗

— Gerald Durrell

#more #preservation #should #side #things

You have to appreciate life before you want to preserve it," she said. "And it's the survivors who maintain the most light and poignant hold upon the beauties of living. Women know this more often than men because birth is the reflection of death. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#death #life #preservation #survivor #beauty

Well, in the meantime, Carter and I have been discussing the matter of Ryan." This time it wasn't the clang of a pan I heard, but instead a messy smack--the contact of Carter's backhand with Dean's head, I presumed. "Just hear me out. You have options. I have an Italian uncle. He'll make sure Ryan is sleeping with the fishes by next week." "Dean!" Unable to repress my amusement, my eyes flew wide and my grin grew. "Either that, or we can go all Sweeney Todd on him and--" "Oh, will you stop?" My laughter was crippling. "There will be no calls to your uncle and no trip to the barber shop--please, leave Sweeney Todd out of it. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#contemporary-romance #friendship #love #loyalty #preservation

Indeed His blessings are in the struggle. ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#god #hope #inspirational #motivational #preservation

Every man's his own friend, my dear," replied Fagin, with his most insinuating grin. "He hasn't as good a one as himself anywhere." Except sometimes," replied Morris Bolter, assuming the air of a man of the world. "Some people are nobody's enemies but their own, yer know." Don't believe that!" said the Jew. "When a man's his own enemy, it's only because he's too much his own friend; not because he's careful for everybody but himself. Pooh! Pooh! There ain't such a thing in nature. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#nature