House Of Changes Jeni Couzyn Quotes & Sayings

Are women human yet? If women were human, would we be a cash crop shipped from Thailand in containers into New York's brothels...? Would our genitals be sliced out to "cleanse" us...? When will women be human? When? ~ Half The Sky — Catherine Mackinnon

The danger lies not in the big ears of little pitchers, but in the large mouths. — Ethel Mumford

The users space is lived - not represented or conceived. — Henri Lefebvre

Always carry with you a little reasonable doubt, should you meet someone who needs to be found innocent. — Robert Breault

Quite often I'm terribly disappointed by how things turn out, but that's usually my own fault for the simple reason that I'm too quick to conclude that things have turned out as fully as it is possible for them to turn, when in fact, quite often, they are still on the turn and have some way to go until they have turned out completely. — Claire-Louise Bennett

I'm not sure that love and like aren't like cats and dogs: One can't grow up to be the other, but they can be taught to live under the same roof. — E.L. Konigsburg

'The Pianist' is a movie I could watch over and over again. — Vidal Sassoon

Being with boys is more dangerous for me than killing a cricket or having a bird fly into the house. — Jandy Nelson

We were always taught to swing slow with good tempo. But you have to have some acceleration throughout the swing. I think that's where a lot of women go wrong. They should try to whack it a few times and see what happens. — Helen Alfredsson

My Body is a wide house
A commune
Of bickering women, hearing
their own breathing
denying each other. (House of Changes) — Jeni Couzyn

No amount of good food can nourish a starving soul. — Catherine Barnhoorn

I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective, because I think Americans tend to be some of the most ethnocentric people on the planet. It's not just Americans, it's the big countries. It's the biggest countries that tend to be ethnocentric or ugly. There are ugly Russians, ugly Germans, ugly Japanese and ugly Americans. You don't find ugly Belgians or ugly Bulgarians, they're just too small to think the world is their norm. — Rick Steves