Annemie Peeters Quotes & Sayings

Women's entry into the public sphere can be seen not merely as the result of contemporary economic pressures, the high rate of divorce, or the success of the feminist movement, but rather as a profound evolutionary response to a pervasive cultural crisis. Feminine principles are entering the public realm because we can no longer afford to restrict them to the private domestic sphere, nor allow a public culture obsessed with Warrior values to control human destiny if we are to survive. — Sally Helgesen

'Bush v. Gore' gave us a president who lost the popular vote, eventually appointed two more justices, and led us into a war of choice while failing to regulate a financial system dependent on toxic mortgage-backed derivatives. — Marvin Ammori

Mythology is to relate found truth to the living of a life. — Joseph Campbell

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke. — William Feather

I was horrified of the dark. I realized that the only way I could get over that fear was by scaring other people, so I became obsessed with ghost stories, drawing monsters, watching monster movies, sneaking into horror movies, and it's just been the love of my life forever. — Matthew Gray Gubler

Every educated physician knows that most diseases are not appreciably helped by medicine. — Richard Clarke Cabot

Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster. — Chuck Hagel

The Chinese have a very good proverb: The bird of sorrow has to fly, but see that it does not nest in your mind. — Angelo D. Scolozzi

If racism can't be shown to be natural then it is the result of certain conditions, and we are impelled to eliminate those conditions. — Howard Zinn

He will only be gone from the school when none are loyal to him. — J.K. Rowling

The clerk is looking at me. His expression hasn't changed. What I want to do is punch a hole in the front of the desk, reach through, grab his balls, and make him sing The Mickey Mouse Club song. But these days, I'm working on the theory that killing everyone I don't like might be counterproductive. I'm learning to use my indoor voice like a big boy, so I smile back at the clerk. — Richard Kadrey

The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. — C.S. Lewis

After school I drove to Patch's. I did the safety conscious thing and circled the block a few times before parking in the freshly paved lot with extra wide parking spaces. I didn't like feeling like I constantly had to watch my back, but I liked surprise visits from unfriendly Nephilim and devious archangels even less. And as far as the outside world knew, Patch and I were Splitsville. Using my key, I let myself inside. — Becca Fitzpatrick

The complexities of life can never be untangled by man; like a sheep without a shepherd we have been self-programmed for destruction. Jesus Christ is the only way. Genesis 3:6 and John 14:6. — Felix Wantang

She had made him think he could do anything. Nobody else took him seriously. But she made him believe that he could do whatever he wanted. — Virginia Woolf