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1 " Dancing as if language had surrendered to movement - as if this ritual, this wordless ceremony, was now the way to speak, to whisper private and sacred things, to be in touch with some otherness. Dancing as if the very heart of life and all its hopes might be found in those assuaging notes and those hushed rhythms and in those silent and hypnotic movements. Dancing as if language no longer existed because words were no longer necessary... "
― Brian Friel , Dancing at Lughnasa
2 " How did so many women get to this unhappy place of not understanding how truly " simple" men are in their requirements and how much benevolent power their wives have over them? Why did notions like assuaging " male ego" and using " feminine wiles" rocket into disrepute? How is it that so many women are angry with men in general yet expect to have a happy life married to one of them?There are a number of reasons for this, and I believe they all revolve around the assault upon, and virtual collapse of, the values of religious morality, modesty, fidelity, chastity, respect for life, and a commitment to family and child-rearing. "
3 " She knew it wasn’t right, but this was the second time in her life when hurting a man’s feelings trumped assuaging her own. "
― Riley Murphy , Stare Her Down (Stare Down, #2)
