Cherie

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.”
― Mae West

“Most people of my grandparents' generation had an intuitive sense of agricultural basics ... This knowledge has vanished from our culture.
We also have largely convinced ourselves it wasn't too important. Consider how many Americans might respond to a proposal that agriculture was to become a mandatory subject in all schools ... A fair number of parents would get hot under the collar to see their kids' attention being pulled away from the essentials of grammar, the all-important trigonometry, to make room for down-on-the-farm stuff. The baby boom psyche embraces a powerful presumption that education is a key to moving away from manual labor and dirt--two undeniable ingredients of farming. It's good enough for us that somebody, somewhere, knows food production well enough to serve the rest of us with all we need to eat, each day of our lives.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

“Don't cry for a man who's left you--the next one may fall for your smile.”
― Mae West

“All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else.”
― Mae West, The Wit and Wisdom of Mae West