All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory they have no power over the substance of original justice. – Edmund Burke Category: power
I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you. – Ayelet Waldman Category: power
There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. – Salvador Dali Category: Happiness
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his. – Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895 Category: Mothers
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. – Luciano de Crescenzo Category: Angels