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“Her purse was a weight, ballast; it tethered her to the earth as her mind floated away.”

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This book delves into the author's contemplations on the nature of faith and its role in personal and societal contexts. more

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Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott is an American novelist born on April 10, 1954. Her works are known for their humor, directness, and profound emotional depth, primarily exploring themes of family, faith, and self-discovery. more

“The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. If an individual is not successful in emotionally crippling himself, he can count on patriarchal men to enact rituals of power that will assault his self-esteem.”

Source: The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

“I wonder if other mothers feel a tug at their insides, watching their children grow up into the people they themselves wanted so badly to be.”

People Ifs Feels Children Wanted Mother Grows Wonder Growing Up Mom

Book:Keeping Faith

Source: Keeping Faith

“Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated in movements for social justice, speaking out on behalf of the workers, the poor, speaking out on behalf of racial justice. However when it came to the issue of gender they were as sexist as their conservative cohorts.”

Source: Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

“The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true.”

Knows Men Feels Has Beens Patriarchy Maleness

Book:The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

Source: The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love

“There's a lovely Hasidic story of a rabbi who always told his people that if they studied the Torah, it would put Scripture on their hearts. One of them asked, "Why on our hearts, and not in them?" The rabbi answered, "Only God can put Scripture inside. But reading sacred text can put it on your heart, and then when your hearts break, the holy words will fall inside.”

People Ifs Heart Stories Fall Reading Break Holy Sacred Scripture Lovely Heart Break Rabbi Torah Sacred Texts

Book:Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

“Got to be the worst place in the world, inside a oven. You in here, you either cleaning or you getting cooked.”

World Worst Cleaning Places In The World Ovens

Book:The Help

Source: The Help

“Geric," she called. He turned back around. "What kind of flowers were they?" "I don't rightly know," he said. He made faltering gestures with his hands, forming their size and shape from the air. "They were yellow, and smallish, and had lots of petals." "Thank you," she said. "They were beautiful.”

Knows Kind Made Said Hands Beautiful Air Flower Shapes Size Yellow Gestures Petals Faltering

Book:The Goose Girl

Source: The Goose Girl

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