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21 " I’m by myself,” she said finally. “No family to speak of.”“I see.” Leaning forward again, he rested his arms against the table. “That must be rather difficult.”“Sometimes.”“And lonely, I imagine. Perhaps that is why you came here tonight?”Her jaw popped under the strain of maintaining decorum. “First: I said I was alone, not lonely. There's a big difference. And second: is that really why you think I'm here?”“I do not know what to think. I know you must have reasons for being here other than what you have already hinted at. Reasons important enough to make an otherwise intelligent woman not only bring food to a stranger so late at night, but also accept his invitation to sit inside an empty motel room without a second thought.”“Why don't you just call me a hooker while you're at it? "
― Angela B. Wade , Breaking Sea
22 " Out of the strain of the Doing Into the peace of the Done. "
23 " Out of the strain of the doing Into the peace of the done. "
24 " Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. "
25 " There's a thread that binds all of us together pull one end of the thread the strain is felt all down the line. "
26 " Out of the strain of the Doing into the peace of the Done. "
27 " Today whenever women gather together it is not necessarily nurturing. It is coalition building. And if you feel the strain you may be doing some good work. "
28 " There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. "
