#ren

The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#strength #anarchy

As someone very sagely said during the parricide trials of the Menendez Brothers: anytime your kids kill you, you are at least partly to blame. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#personal-responsibility #trials

Our findings with reference to organized crime was that organized crime as an entity didn't participate in the assassination of the president. However, we were unable to preclude the possibility of individual members of organized crime having participated. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#crime #entity #findings #having #however

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#difference #imitation #individuality #conformity

You laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same. ↗

— Jonathan Davis

#different #i #laugh #me #same

Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory. ↗

— Russell Brand

#conformity #glory #rebellion #rebellion

Gundar isn't so much a ship's captain as a reformed pirate and a heathen." [Evanlyn] looked apologetically at Gundar. "No offense, Gundar." The skirl shrugged cheerfully. "None taken, little lady. It's a pretty fair description. Not sure about the reformed part," he added thoughtfully. ↗

— John Flanagan

#skandians #description

Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality. ↗

— Iris Marion Young

#breastfeeding #breasts #children #feminism #motherhood

There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry,' said Dumbledore's voice. 'On the contrary... the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#strength #shame

You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations. ↗

— Alice Munro

#secrets #shame #shame