Lyndsey Thackston

“In Muslim societies, a person who has been manipulated unto believing in extremist violence or terrorism often seeks the permission of his mother before he may join a militant jihad and educated women as a rule, tend to withhold their blessings from such things.”
― Greg Mortenson, Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“Homemaking is not something that stands in the way of our deeper fulfillment; it becomes the ground that feeds it.”
― Shannon Hayes

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt