Afanasievna Quotes & Sayings

Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day. — Mary Douglas

The critical issues here concern what is right, what is just
not the balancing of benefits. — Carl Cohen

No form of Christianity is absolutely and only true. — Frederick Henry Hedge

don't look up to them, look into them — Andy Cope

That's a pretty story,' said Afanasievna as she let go of Ansky's genitals. 'A pity I'm too old and have seen to much to believe it.'
It has nothing to do with belief,' said Ansky, 'it has to do with understanding, and then changing. — Roberto Bolano

I've learned that things change, people change, and it doesn't mean you forget the past or try to cover it up. It simply means that you move on and treasure the memories. Letting go doesn't mean giving up ... it means accepting that some things weren't meant to be. — Lisa Brooks

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a man she has just met in a bar a private one, and the decision to sleep with the same man for $100 subject to criminal penalties? — Anna Quindlen

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. — Annie Dillard

The greatest of all miracles is that we need not be tomorrow what we are today. The greatest of all insights is that we cannot be tomorrow what we do not do today. That is why today matters. — John C. Maxwell