#rave

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#after #book #could #expect #female

Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#christian #courage #earrings #even #evident

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#blows #brave #brave men #fortune #front

Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them? ↗

— Arthur Hugh Clough

#brave #cause #depart #die #fight

The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination. ↗

— Alexander Cockburn

#lost #seeks #travel #valleys #world

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#away #change #chief #environment #get

Is that a stake, Bones, or are you just happy with my new dress?” “In this case, it’s a stake. You could always feel around for something more, though. See what comes up. ↗

— Jeaniene Frost

#cat #funny #grave #halfway #funny

I think it's also the case that I'm not as widely travelled, or as well-educated in history, as most of the other novelists I meet: so I have to write about my own country, at the present time, because it's more or less all I know about! ↗

— Jonathan Coe

#also #because #case #country #history

I don't mind where I work, it's really nice to be able to travel around and taste the flavours of different countries. ↗

— Toni Collette

#around #countries #different #different countries #i

Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the grave. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#feels #grave #haul #into #just