#quality

They say you cannot love two people equally at once,” she said. “And perhaps for others that is so. But you and Will—you are not like two ordinary people, two people who might have been jealous of each other, or who would have imagined my love for one of them diminished by my love of the other. You merged your souls when you were both children. I could not have loved Will so much if I had not loved you as well. And I could not love you as I do if I had not loved Will as I did. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#epilogue #infernal-devices #james-castairs #jem #jem-castairs

The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be. ↗

— Elizabeth Peters

#equality

Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#food-safety #non-fiction #vegetarinism #equality

If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. ↗

— W.H. Auden

#equality #love #relationships #equality

...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#opinion #truth #equality

I'm not a concept. Too many guys think I'm a concept or I complete them or I'm going to make them alive, but I'm just a fucked up girl who is looking for my own peace of mind. Don't assign me yours. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#feminism #idolizing #male-insecurity #muse #peace-of-mind

Think of how it all started: America was founded by slave owners who informed us, "All men are created equal." All "men," except Indians, niggers, and women. Remember, the founders were a small group of unelected, white, male, land-holding slave owners who also, by the way, suggested their class be the only one allowed to vote. To my mind, that is what's known as being stunningly--and embarrassingly--full of shit. ↗

— George Carlin

#political-philosophy #equality

The ingredients of both darkness and light are equally present in all of us,...The madness of this planet is largely a result of the human being's difficulty in coming to viruous balance with himself. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#equality

Are we going to New Orleans?" "No", she said, backing out of the spot. "We're going to West Virginia." "I assume by 'West Virginia,' you actually mean 'Hawaii,'" I said. "Or some place equally exciting. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#equality

To force a female to do things in male fashion is not equal opportunity, it is distorted idealism. ↗

— Gregory Hartley

#women #equality