“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” - Anne Frank
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 98.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Friday, March 20, 2020
Healthy and Strong, Asks for Help, Rona Barrett
“The healthy and strong individual is the one who asks for help when he needs it. Whether he's got an abscess on his knee or in his soul.” - Rona Barrett
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 93.
Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 93.
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Fight, Ladylike, Women, Mary "Mother" Jones
"No matter the fight, don't be ladylike! God almighty made women and the Rockefeller gang of thieves made the ladies." - Militant labor organizer Mary "Mother" Jones, one mean maternal unit to mess with.
(Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)
(Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, compiled by Autumn Stephens.)
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Sorrow's Kitchen, Mountain Wrapped in Rainbows, Zora Neale Hurston
"I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands." - Zora Neale Hurston
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_399481.
Found on Brainy Quote. Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/zora_neale_hurston_399481.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Lie Habitually, Unconscious, Truth, Adrienne Rich
“To lie habitually, as a way of life, is to lose contact with the unconscious. It is like taking sleeping pills, which confer sleep but blot out dreaming. The unconscious wants truth. It ceases to speak to those who want something else.” - Adrienne Rich
From The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
From The Sun, May 2017, pg.48, “Sunbeams”
Monday, March 16, 2020
Found Wisdom, Being a Fool, Erica Jong
“No one has ever found wisdom without also being a fool.” - Erotic novelist Erica Jong, a fearless frequent flyer.
Of course, not every fool finds wisdom...
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 78.
Of course, not every fool finds wisdom...
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 78.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Cub, Roaring Like a Lion, Howl, Carry Nation
“You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!” - Temperamental temperance crusader Carry Nation, utterly unsubdued by her stint in the slammer.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.
Found in Loose Cannons: Devastating Dish from the World's Wildest Women, complied by Autumn Stephens, page 59.
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