Completado Rae Quotes & Sayings

Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented. — Stacy Schiff

To adjoin the instinctual nature does not mean to come undone, change everything from left to right, from black to white, to move the east to west, to act crazy or out of control. It does not mean to lose one's primary socializations, or to become less human. It means quite the opposite. The wild nature has a vast integrity to it — Clarissa Pinkola Estes

It's not about the future, it's about the moment. — Tammy Kling

The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret. — Vincent De Paul

[N]one of us drinks the chalice of our existence to the last drop. None of us is fully obedient. Each of us falls short of the human nature entrusted to us. — Johann Baptist Metz

Evolution is amoral. Just because something is natural doesn't make it morally good ("the naturalistic fallacy"). Conversely, just because something is morally desirable doesn't make it true ("the moralistic fallacy"). — John Durant

To be truly brave, I believe a person has to be more than a little stupid. If you knew how hard or how dangerous something was going to be at the onset, chances are you'd never do it. — Ann Patchett

There are minds constructed like the eyes of certain insects, which discern, with admirable distinctness, the most delicate lineaments and finest veins of the leaf which bears them, but are totally unable to take in the ensemble of the plant or shrub. When error has effected an entrance into such minds, it remains there impregnable, because no general view assists them in throwing off the chance impression of the moment. — Sophie Swetchine

I got lucky because I never gave up the search. Are you quitting too soon? Or are you willing to pursue luck with a vengeance? — Jill Konrath

I write what I see; I paint what I am. — Etel Adnan

Dan was heading for the blue car in the driveway. He tossed Amy the car keys. Don't drive like you! Make it fast! — Peter Lerangis

Sometimes friendship means not having to say anything. Thank yous and apologies can sometimes get lost, but that doesn't mean they're unexpressed," murmured Hermione. — Bex-chan

Don't live a dull boring life. Spice it up. You don't have too much of it left.-RVM — R.v.m.