Quotes of Joan Nestle

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As a woman, as a lesbian, as a Jew, much of what I call history, others will not. But answering that challenge of exclusion is the work of a lifetime.

- Joan Nestle

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“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ I constantly challenge my athletes with workouts that take them to the upper edge of their ability. Like Brett's, my philosophy is that your biggest competitor is yourself. I will never ask the impossible. But I will come close. Those who answer with courage and selfbelief instead of fear and doubt are the ones who realize their dreams. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ No,' Nora said, almost in a whisper. 'It's because ' she looked carefully for the words 'you didn't stare at me. I saw you blush, and you immediately lowered your eyes. And I should have been embarrassed, ashamed... but I, I just felt safe, and I stood there unafraid.' She closed her eyes, taking in all the feelings of gratitude she had for that moment. 'That's when I knew I could trust you in a way that I didn't know was possible. ”

- Hani Selim

“ Where you go, I shall go; where you die, I shall die, and there will I be buried. ”

- Rosamund Hodge

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ In the waltz of the leaves in the air In the features of the playful clouds In the nostalgia carried by the wind In Paris alone, I save your love (fragment from Your presence “partout”, chapter Hope) ”

- Claudia Pavel

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ I love my attitude problem. ”

- Unknown

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ Mistakes are not bad; excuses are. ”

- Udai Yadla

“ Love isn't a feeling or emotion that changes timely, it's everlasting... ”

- Gandhi

“ Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas

“ All my problems bow before my stubbornness. ”

- Amit Kalantri