I happen to feel that the degree of a persons intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. – Lisa Alther
Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease. – Lisa Alther
Thats the risk you take if you change: that people youve been involved with wont like the new you. But other people who do will come along. – Lisa Alther
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. – Charles Sumner