K. K. > K.'s Quotes

“Affection is when we can't find any flaws in the other. Maybe I could if I really wanted to, but I don't want to, I accept you as you are.”
― Erika M. Szabo, Acceptance

“Think about this: in all the stories I've ever heard, genies always want to get out of the bottle. And they do get out, sooner or later.”
― K. Ford K., The Concubine's Gift

“The erotic arts have the same goal as religion; to prevent men from acting like beasts.”
― K. Ford K.

“Bernice was fascinated by Trinket because she wore her sexuality as openly as a fragrant perfume. She was also amazed by the fact that Trinket found life so easy and satisfying.”
― K. Ford K.

“She [Bernice] didn’t like anything that had an adult theme, with only one exception, her collection of erotic female memorabilia. They were all antiques, fragments of other women’s sexuality that was somehow easier to deal with than her own.”
― K. Ford K.

“It’s just as well,” she thought. “If I told them what I really think, they’d shit roses.”
― K. Ford K.

“Polly ended her lesson with the words she lived by: man is tender by nature, the rest is invented. Everyone applauded, even Bernice who was relieved that it was finally over.”
― K. Ford K.

“Creativity is a delicious dream from which I never want to awake.”
― K. Ford K.

“Thinking about what other people do in bed will age you faster than anything. It makes your heart beat too fast.”
― K. Ford K.

“All the mysteries of the universe are solved within the Imagination.”
― K. Ford K.

“The only way to maximize group creativity—to make the whole more than the sum of its parts—is to encourage a candid discussion of mistakes. In part, this is because the acceptance of error reduces cost. When you believe your flaws will be quickly corrected by the group, you're less worried about perfecting your contribution, which leads to a more candid conversation. We can only get it right when we talk about what we got wrong.”
― Jonah Lehrer, Imagine: How Creativity Works

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
― Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

“I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream

“Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.”
― Albert Einstein

“Live free or die.”
― Lauren Oliver, Requiem

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
― John Philpot Curran