“This is the fourth age, the Kali Yuga, and it's a time of great darkness. At the end of this age, there's supposed to be a cosmic dissolution and then life begins anew. It's a wonderful cycle of rebirth.” EndsAgeDarknessWonderfulBuddhismSupposed To BeCyclesCosmicFourthRebirthDissolutionKaliKali Yuga Author:Frederick Lenz
“And, oh God, in my misspent youth as a housewife, I, too, used to bake bread, in those hectic and desolating days just prior to the woman's movement, when middle-class women were supposed to be wonderful wives and mothers, gracious hostesses.... I used to feel so womanly when I was baking my filthy bread.” FeelsUsedMotherClassWifeWonderfulMiddleMovementYouthBreadSupposed To BeMiddle ClassGraciousBakingHousewifeFilthyCookeryHecticWomanlyWives And MothersHostessesMisspent Youth Book:Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings Source: Expletives Deleted: Selected Writings
“Everyone in Iran is perceived to be a child with a paternal authority vested in the Guardian Council and the Sufi elders. They're supposed to be grateful. They can never for a moment not be afforded this wonderful protection. The father who will never go away. The father who will never quit caring for them.” ChildrenMomentsFatherWonderfulAuthorityGratefulCaringProtectionQuittingSupposed To BeIranGoing AwayBe GratefulSufiCouncilEldersNever QuitGuardian Author:Christopher Hitchens
“most of us carry into marriage not only our childlike illusions, but we bring to it as well the demand that it has to be wonderful, because it's supposed to be.” WellsMarriageWonderfulDemandIllusionOur ChildrenSupposed To BeChildlike Author:Eda LeShan
“If you are sitting there waiting for someone to tell you how wonderful you are, you'll never get anything done. Women need to get over being women. I'm tired of that socialization of women; that we are always supposed to be sitting around pleasing somebody.” IfsNeedsDoneWaitingWonderfulSittingTiredSupposed To BeGet OverBeing A WomanI'm TiredSitting AroundSocialization Author:Nikki Giovanni