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“A study of interactions between women and obstetricians offers an explanation. It described three levels of increasing power imbalance: In the first, you fight and lose; in the second you don't fight because you know you can't win. However, in the highest level of power differential, your preferences are so manipulated that you act against your own interests, but you are content. Elective [meaning requested for no medical reason, not to be confused with needed surgery planned in advance] repeat cesarean exemplifies that highest level.”
Source : Henci Goer (1999). “The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth”, p.163, Penguin
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“Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
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“The era of resisting big government is never over.”
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“Traditionally poetry is written in lines. But the prose poem is the kind of poem that isn't written in lines. It is lyrical prose that uses the tricks of poetry, such as dense imagery. This is a big topic of debate in poetry land. There's no perfect definition.”
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“I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.”
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“Just because you play bass, doesn't mean you have no presence.”
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“The mouth keeps silent to hear the heart speak.”
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“The world is vast and meant for wandering. There is always somewhere else to go.”
Source : Nick Burd (2009). “The Vast Fields of Ordinary”, p.204, Penguin
