Any mother could perform the jobs of several air traffic controllers with ease. – Lisa Alther
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
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
The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win and their participants know it. Hence, rioting is not revolutionary but reactionary because it invites defeat. It involves an emotional catharsis, but it must be followed by a sense of futility. – Martin Luther King, Jr.