Antimotherhood Quotes

#1. One of the reasons so many women say "I'm not a feminist but ... " (and then put forward a feminist position), is that in addition to being stereotyped as man-hating Amazons, feminists have also been cast as antifamily and antimotherhood.

Susan J. Douglas

#2. Backstage, Willem is thinking about accidents again. And things that seemingly don't make sense, except they do. Like right out there in the fifth row. All of them, together. That makes sense.

Gayle Forman

#3. Are we going to do my leg next?" he asked. "Can I get some warning next time? A quick 'Hey I'm going to snap your bone with my bare hands right now. Brace yourself.

Amy Tintera

#4. Never again shall I understand anything I say. Since how could I speak without the word lying for me? How could I speak except timidly like this: life just is for me. Life just is for me, and I don't understand what I'm saying. And so I adore it.

Clarice Lispector

#5. Some say the North,
Some say the South,
I say the heart,
I say the house.

Rebecca Moll

#6. Has joy any survival value in the operations of evolution? I suspect that it does; I suspect that the morose and fearful are doomed to quick extinction. Where there is no joy there can be no courage; and without courage all other virtues are useless.

Edward Abbey

#7. Never confuse faith, or belief - of any kind - with something even remotely intellectual.

John Irving

#8. It is important that the Muslim leaders, scholars, and intellectuals are much more vocal and explain what Islam is.

Tariq Ramadan

#9. We are, all of us, fucked up in some way," she says. "The only difference is a matter of how deep our crazy goes and how we handle our shit. Frankly, I think the crazy comes and goes in cycles.

Kristen Callihan