Mosuo Quotes & Sayings

Why did parenting change from preparing our kids for life to protecting them from life, which means they're not prepared to live life on their own? — Julie Lythcott-Haims

What if we didn't all grow up hearing that true love is obsessive and possessive? What if, like the Mosuo, we revered the dignity and autonomy of those we loved? What if, in other words, sex, love, and economic security were as available to us as they were to our ancestors? — Christopher Ryan

I still have this unrealistic faith, that one day, my ship will come in. More people will discover, understand and buy my stuff. — Jill Sobule

Finding practical answers to tough problems seems to take a backseat to ideology. — Christopher R. Hill

He had taken to asking himself WWPD? (What Would Pia Do?) — Thea Harrison

Shame, from their perspective, would be the proper response to promises of or demands for fidelity. A vow of fidelity would be considered inappropriate - an attempt at negotiation or exchange. Openly expressed jealousy, for the Mosuo, is considered aggressive in its implied intrusion upon the sacred autonomy of another person, and is thus met with ridicule and shame. — Christopher Ryan

We need the value and the beauty of democracy, and the beauty of pluralism is there's a free exchange of ideas. Nobody is right all the time. I'm not right all the time. I don't agree with anybody all the time, and I don't even agree with myself all the time. — Rick Warren

Be wary of any man who says he has no enemies"

~ R. Alan Woods [2006] — R. Alan Woods

I know something about everything and everything about something, a jack-of-all-trades and master of one. — Anonymous

Dream the biggest dream for yourself. Hold the highest vision of life for yourself. — Oprah Winfrey