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Their babies were raised in a communal Children’s House until they were adolescents. Special bonds—between parents and children and men and women—were banned. Every man was married to every woman, and sex, in the Oneida Community, was a
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“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
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“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?”
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“The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.”
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“Having a lover/friend who regards you as a living growing criatura, being, just as much as the tree from the ground, or a ficus in the house, or a rose garden out in the side yard... having a lover and friends who look at you as a true living breathing entity, one that is human but made of very fine and moist and magical things as well... a lover and friends who support the ciatura in you... these are the people you are looking for. They will be the friends of your soul for life. Mindful choosing of friends and lovers, not to mention teachers, is critical to remaining conscious, remaining intuitive, remaining in charge of the fiery light that sees and knows.”
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
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