Binnie Kirshenbaum quotes
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“The moral of the story is this: sometimes, to do nothing, to do nothing at all, is the sorriest thing ever.”
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“A token of love comes in a box because love itself cannot be contained.”
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“Jerusalem Maiden is a page-turning and thought-provoking novel. Extraordinary sensory detail vividly conjures another time and place; heroine Esther Kaminsky’s poignant struggle transcends time and place. The ultimate revelation here: for many women, if not most, 2011 is no different than 1911, but triumph is nonetheless possible.”
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“I leave off mid-sentence, and then can finish it the next day with less anxiety expended than for a new thought.”
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“I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.”
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Source : "The GQ+A: 'Rectify' Star Aden Young Doesn't Want To Know If He's Innocent Or Guilty". Interview with Jen Ortiz, www.gq.com. April 22, 2013.
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“The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness”
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Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 61), 1937.
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“Sometimes what we want isn't what's best for us - Della”
Source : Abbi Glines (2013). “Simple Perfection: A Novel”, p.43, Simon and Schuster
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