As a mom to biological children and adopted gay children all around the world, nothing gives my heart strings a tug as… — Michelle Visage Copy Share Image
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Bread sets free; but does not necessarily set free for good ends -- that dear illusion of so many generous hearts. It… — Francoise Mallet-Joris Copy Share Image
Two things, almost incompatible, are united in me in a manner which I am unable to understand: a very ardent temperament, lively… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
When it comes to politics, we have an internal glass ceiling. We stand as good a chance as a man to win… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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Sun and moon have no light left, earth is dark; Our women's world is sunk so deep, who can help us? Jewelry… — Qiu Jin Copy Share Image
Love flows. Love doesn't know boundaries. The mind creates boundaries. The mind creates the boundary of separate me and you. The heart… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
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The classroom, with all its limitations, remains a location of possibility. In that field of possibility we have the opportunity to labor… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with 'Dungeons and Dragons,' so… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
Spiritual beings do not sweat life's small stuff. They also know that most of what drives us crazy in life is small… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
Relationships always sounded so physically painful: you fell in love, you broke a heart, you lost your head. Was it any wonder… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Amanda was always on her way somewhere. Sometimes she thought that feeling of moving forward was the only one she trusted. She… — Rachel Shukert Copy Share Image
With relish, Thomas More thus sketches Richard's character: He was close and secret, a deep dissembler, lowly of countenance, arrogant of heart,… — Richard III of England Copy Share Image
“What she wanted was really two things: to be elsewhere, and to be somebody else. Or at least a version of herself… — J. Robert Lennon Copy Share Image
What you put out comes back. The more you sincerely appreciate life from the heart, the more the magnetic energy of appreciation… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
“She crawled into her bed and curled into a tiny ball. She was suddenly aware of how small the space was that… — Julia Barkey Copy Share Image
Once the amateur's naive approach and humble willingness to learn fades away, the creative spirit of good photography dies with it. Every… — Alfred Eisenstaedt Copy Share Image
“For Alice, of course, the measure of how you held up in the face of a life-threatening illness was not how much… — Calvin Trillin Copy Share Image
I was horrified. Absolutely heart sick. All I could think of was that after 23 years together, I'd lost my faithful ally.… — Ben Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Good human qualities-honesty, sincerity, a good heart-cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced my machines, but only by the… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I love the story of Quasimodo, about someone who feels like they don't belong but is pure of heart and has good… — Elliot Knight Copy Share Image
Sometimes friends do go from us-it will happen more and more as you grow up, Chugg. But if you really love your… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It's always with us. It always has been, and always will be. When it… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
We cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still, In mystery our… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
To take estrogen or not to take estrogen: That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to abstain and suffer The sweat and… — Sonya Sones Copy Share Image
How desperately difficult it is to be honest with oneself. It is much easier to be honest with other people.What is true… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
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If Jesus Christ were to sit down with us and ask for an accounting of our stewardship, I am not sure He… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
We want more knowledge about our animals and less sentiment. Far more cruelty is caused in this country by lack of knowledge… — Muriel Wace Copy Share Image
She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had, because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
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When I saw the 2010 Games and speed skating, I had a change of heart. I had always dreamed of being an… — Brittany Bowe Copy Share Image
Iain didn't go back to sleep for a long while. He continued to think about all the logical reasons he would never… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image