"Romantic lovers require from each other at least……" — Maggie Gallagher
"Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire."
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32 Quotes by Maggie Gallagher
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason, and those of us who are mothers know it's…
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Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.
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In today's world, marketers reach inside the home and attempt to figure out not what's good for your daughter, because…
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I regret the whole worlds that will never come into existence, the children, the grandchildren, all the human possibilities that…
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Getting married is the boldest and most idealistic thing that most of us will ever do.
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The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial…
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Governor Christie's decision today violates the individual drive of men and women who no longer want to be tormented by…
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Same-sex marriage is not the future.
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When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.
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Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.
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Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
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In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control…
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